Nepal Has Experienced Approximately 104 Aircraft Crashes Since 1946 to 2024 A.D

Here’s a detailed account of several notable aircraft crashes in Nepal:

Domestic Aircraft Accidents

1. 1946, May 07 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Royal Air Force

Crashed Place – Simara, Narayani ( Fatalities – 0 )

2. 1955, August 30 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Kalinga Airlines

Crashed Place – Simara, Narayani

( Fatalities – 02 )

3. 1960, May 05 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Swiss Dhaulagiri Expendition

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 0 )

4. 1960, November 05 – Douglas DC – 3

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 04 )

5. 1961, March 22 – Douglas DC – 3

Operator – PIA

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 0 )

6. 1961, March 09 – De Havilland DHC-6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 0 )

7. 1962, August 01 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal

( Fatalities – 10 )

8. 1962, August 26 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 0 )

9. 1967, February 08 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Swiss Government

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 0 )

10. 1969, July 12 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Nepalgunj, Bheri

( Fatalities – 0 )

11. 1969, July 12 – Douglas DC-3

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Hetauda, Narayani

( Fatalities – 35 )

12. 1970, February 27 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepalese Airforce

Crashed Place – Jomshom, Dhaulagiri

( Fatalities – 01 )

13. 1972, September 13 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Royal Nepalese Airforce

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 31 )

14. 1973, May 10 – Douglas DC-8-33

Operator – Thai

Crashed Place – TIA Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 01 )

15. 1973, October 15 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 0 )

16 . 1975, March 31 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 05 )

17. 1978, April 07 – Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant

Operator – Royal Nepalese Airforce

Crashed Place – Rukumkot, Rapti

( Fatalities – 0 )

18. 1981, November 19 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Biratnagar, Koshi

( Fatalities – 10 )

19. 1984, December 22 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Bhojpur, Koshi

( Fatalities – 15 )

20. 1985, December 30 – Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant

Operator – Royal Nepalese Airforce

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 25 )

21. 1986, May 03 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 11 )

22. 1991, July 10 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Surkhet, Bheri

( Fatalities – 03 )

23. 1991, June 20 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Simikot, Karnali

( Fatalities – 0 )

24 – 1991, June 09 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 0 )

25. 1992, September 26 – Harbin Yunsunji Y-12

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla

( Fatalities – 0 )

26. 1992, July 05 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Jumla, Karnali

( Fatalities – 0 )

27. 1993, November 08 – Harbin Yunsunji Y-12

Operator – Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Jomsom, Dhwalagiri

( Fatalities – 0 )

28 – 1995, January 17 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 02 )

29. 1996, April 25 – Avro 748

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Meghuli, Narayani

( Fatalities – 0 )

30. 1997, November 06 – Avro 748

Operator – Necon Air

Crashed Place – Pokhara, Gandaki

( Fatalities – 0 )

31. 1998, November 19 – Pilatus PC – 6 Turbo Porter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 01 )

32. 1998, August 21 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Lumbini Airways

Crashed Place – Pokhara, Gandaki

( Fatalities – 18 )

33. 1999, December 25 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Skyline Airways

Crashed Place – Simara, Narayani

( Fatalities – 10 )

34. 1999, September 05 – Avro 748

Operator – Necon Air

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 15 )

35. 1999, August 07 – Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant

Operator – Royal Nepalese Air Force

Crashed Place – Surkhet, Bheri

( Fatalities – 0 )

36. 1999, January 17 – Cessna 208 Caravan

Operator – Necon Air

Crashed Place – Jumla, Karnali

( Fatalities – 05 )

37. 2000, July 27 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Royal Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Dhangadi, Seti

( Fatalities – 25 )

38. 2002, August 22 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Shangri-la

Crashed Place – Pokhara, Gandaki

( Fatalities – 18 )

39. 2002, July 17 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Skyline Airways

Crashed Place – Surkhet, Bheri

( Fatalities – 04 )

40. 2004, May 25 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Yeti Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 03 )

41. 2005, June 30 – Dornier DO228

Operator – Gorkha Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla

( Fatalities – 0 )

42. 2006, June 21 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Yeti Airlines

Crashed Place – Jumla, Karnali

( Fatalities – 09 )

43. 2008, October 08 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Yeti Airlines

Crashed Place – Lukla, Sagarmatha

( Fatalities – 18 )

44. 2010, December 15 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Tara Airlines

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 22 )

45. 2010, August 24 – Dornier DO228

Operator – Agni Air

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 14 )

46. 2011, October 18 – Britten-Normal Islander

Operator – Royal Nepalese Air Force

Crashed Place – Nepal

( Fatalities – 06 )

47. 2011, September 25 – Beechcraft 1900D

Operator – Buddha Air

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 19 )

48. 2012, September 28 – Dornier DO228

Operator – Sita Air

Crashed Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 19 )

49. 2012, May 14 – Dornier DO228

Operator – Agni Air

Crashed Place – Jomsom, Dhwalagiri

( Fatalities – 15 )

50. 2013, June 01 – Dornier DO228

Operator – Sita Air

Crashed Place – Simikot, Karnali

( Fatalities – 0 )

51. 2013, May 27 – Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

Operator – Goma Air

Crashed Place – Simikot, Karnali

( Fatalities – 0 )

52. 2013, May 16 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Jomsom, Dhwalagiri

( Fatalities – 0 )

53. 2014, February 16 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Nepal Airlines

Crashed Place – Arghakhanchi, Nepal

( Fatalities – 18 )

54. 2016, September 24 – Bae Jetstream 41

Operator – Yeti Airlines

Crashed Place – Siddharthanagar, Lumbini

( Fatalities – 0 )

55. 2016, February 26 – PAC 750XL – Pacific Aerospace Corporation

Operator – Air Kasthamandap

Crashed Place – Chilkhaya, Karnali

( Fatalities – 02 )

56. 2016, February 24 – De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

Operator – Tara Air

Crashed Place – Dana, Dhawalagiri

( Fatalities – 23 )

57. 2017, May 27 – Let L-410 Turbolet

Operator – Summit Air

Crashed Place – Lukla

( Fatalities – 02 )

58. 2022, May 29 – De Havilland Canada DH-6-300 Twin Otter

Operator – Tara Air

Crashed Place – Myagdi

( Fatalities – 22 )

59. 2023, January 15 – ATR 72

Operator – Yeti Air

Crashed Place – Pokhara, Nepal

( Fatalities – 72 )

60. 2024, July 24 – Bombardier CRJ-200

Operator – Saurya Airlines

Crashed Place – TIA Kathmandu

( Fatalities – 18 )

After This, Here’s a Detail Account Of Notable Foreign Aircraft Accidents Occured In Nepal :

1. 1956, May 15 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Indian Airlines

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 15 )

2. 1958, March 24 – Douglas C-47 Skytrain ( DC-3 )

Operator – Indian Airlines

Place – Kathmandu, Nepal

( Fatalities – 20 )

3. 1992, September 28 – Airbus A300

Operator – PIA

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 167 )

4. 1992, July 31 – Airbus A310

Operator – Thai

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 113 )

5. 1999, July 07 – Boeing 727-200

Operator – Hinduja Cargo

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 05 )

6. 2015, March 04 – Turkish Airways

Operator – Turkish Airways

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 0 )

7. 2018, March 12 – US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211

Operator – Bangla Airlines

Place – Kathmandu, Bagmati

( Fatalities – 51 )

Except Aeroplane Accidents There Are Notable Helicopter Accidents Also Including Helicopter Accidents There Are More Than 100 Aircraft Accidents Experienced In Nepal