Viking Air Limited DHC-6 accident near Soli Ghoptevir, NP
On February 24, 2016, a Viking Air Limited DHC-6 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Soli Ghoptevir, NP. 25 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 24, 2016
- Place
- Soli Ghoptevir, NP
- Aircraft
- Viking Air Limited DHC-6 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 25 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.574°N, 83.615°E
- NTSB ID
- 20160401X95257
Sequence of events
- Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT) (Enroute-cruise, defining event)
Conditions
- Local time
- 2:05 AM
From Wikipedia
Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the aircraft serving the flight, a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter went missing with 23 people on board.
Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of Dana, Myagdi District. There were no survivors. It was Tara Air's deadliest accident.
Text from Wikipedia, “Tara Air Flight 193”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
