Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower.[1][2]
The aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997.[1] At that time, the airline operated three other 748s.
Incidentedit
Flight 128 departed from Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. While approaching Tribhuvan Airport's runway 02 at 10:25 am local time, the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower, killing all five crew members and all ten passengers.[3] It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.[2][1]
Passengers and crewedit
Due to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash.[4]
necon, flight, scheduled, domestic, flight, from, pokhara, airport, kathmandu, airport, nepal, september, 1999, hawker, siddeley, crashed, when, telecommunications, tower, hs748, similar, accident, aircraftaccidentdate5, september, 1999summarycontrolled, fligh. Necon Air Flight 128 3Z 128 NEC 128 was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999 The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower 1 2 Necon Air Flight 128A HS748 similar to the accident aircraftAccidentDate5 September 1999SummaryControlled flight into terrainSite15 km west of Kathmandu NepalAircraftAircraft typeBAe 748 Super 2BOperatorNecon AirRegistration9N AEGFlight originPokhara Airport NepalDestinationKathmandu Airport NepalPassengers10Crew5Fatalities15Injuries0Survivors0 Contents 1 Aircraft 2 Incident 3 Passengers and crew 4 See also 5 ReferencesAircraft editThe aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988 bought from UNI Air in November 1997 1 At that time the airline operated three other 748s Incident editFlight 128 departed from Pokhara at 10 00 for a 35 minute domestic flight to Kathmandu While approaching Tribhuvan Airport s runway 02 at 10 25 am local time the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower killing all five crew members and all ten passengers 3 It was Necon Air s second fatal accident in 1999 2 1 Passengers and crew editDue to the hard impact into ground after the accident none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash 4 Nationality Passengers Crew Total nbsp Nepalese 5 5 10 nbsp Indian 3 0 3 nbsp Bangladeshi 2 0 2Total 10 5 15See also editList of airplane accidents in NepalReferences edit a b c Accident description ASN Retrieved 10 October 2017 a b Nepal suffers second fatal crash Flightglobal Retrieved 10 October 2017 Airdesasters Airdesasters Retrieved 10 October 2017 Captain s wife Nepali Times Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Necon Air Flight 128 amp oldid 1209120083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
