Aviation accidents in Nepal

18 accidents and incidents are recorded in Nepal (1992–2022), with 523 people killed and 0 seriously injured. 94% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 2 in 1992 to 1 in 2017.

Deadliest accidents

1. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268, Lower Himalayan Range (Sep 28, 1992) · 167 killed
2. Thai Airways International Flight 311, Langtang (Jul 31, 1992) · 113 killed
3. 2000 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 crash, Nepal (Jul 27, 2000) · 25 killed
4. Viking Air Limited DHC-6, Soli Ghoptevir, NP (Feb 24, 2016) · 25 killed
5. 2010 Tara Air DHC-6 crash, Nepal (Dec 15, 2010) · 22 killed
6. Tara Air Flight 197, Mustang District (May 29, 2022) · 22 killed
7. Buddha Air Flight 103, Nepal (Sep 25, 2011) · 19 killed
8. Sita Air Flight 601, Madhyapur Thimi (Sep 28, 2012) · 19 killed
9. 2002 Shangri-La Air DHC-6 crash, Nepal (Aug 22, 2002) · 18 killed
10. Yeti Airlines Flight 101, Lukla (Oct 8, 2008) · 18 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.