Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander in Dhorpatan: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 18, 2011 at 1906 LT
Operator:
Registration:
RAN-49
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Nepalgunj – Kathmandou
MSN:
2191
YOM:
1988
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft was performing an ambulance flight from Nepalgunj to the capital city Kathmandu with a patient, one accompanist, two doctors, a nurse and a pilot on board. It crashed in unknown circumstances in a hilly and wooded terrain near Dhorpatan, killing all six occupants.
