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Date: | Saturday 23 September 2006 |
Time: | |
Type: | Mil Mi-8 MTV-1 |
Owner/operator: | Shree Air |
Registration: | 9N-AHJ |
MSN: | 93590 |
Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 mile from Ghunsa, Taplejung District -
Nepal
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Ghunsa village |
Destination airport: | Taplejung |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed due to bad weather and human error. Chartered from WWF. Dr Harka Bahadur Gurung (67) killed.
Sources:
http://nepalitimes.com/download/photojournal08.pdf http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/DocServer/FOCUS_NovDec06.pdf?docID=282 http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/helicopter_crash_report.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2013 09:59 |
TB |
Added |
24-Jan-2014 17:22 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
24-Jan-2014 17:35 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source] |
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