Summary Under Investigation Crew 2 Survivors 9 Number of deaths 2 Survivor 9 Destinations Jumla Airport, Jumla | Passengers 9 Fatalities 2 Date 26 February 2016 Injuries (nonfatal) 9 Location Chilkhaya | |
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Site Chilkhaya, Kalikot district, Nepal Similar 2016 Sunbird Aviation c, Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines Fl, Aviastar Flight 7503, Dynamic Airways Flight 405, West Air Sweden Flight 294 | ||
On 26 February 2016, a Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL, with eleven people on board, crashed at Chilkhaya in Kalikot district, Nepal, killing two crew members and injuring the nine passengers, one critically. Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli expressed condolences to the families of crew members killed in the incident. The accident occurred only two days after a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter of Tara Air crashed in Nepal, killing 23.
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Victims
The victims were identified as co-pilot Santosh Rana and pilot Dinesh Neupane. Santosh Rana was the son of Nepal's Minister of Land Reform and Management, CPN-UML central leader, and lawmaker Dal Bahadur Rana.
Investigation
Initial reports indicate that the crew were trying to make an emergency landing due to a technical problem. The aircraft attempted to land on a farmer’s field near the top of a mountain, but the forward fuselage was reported to have been crushed.