Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from

Pokhara Airport Pokhara Airport is a domestic airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. Following a new agreement on air travel between India and Nepal, Pokhara Airport will be replaced by Nepal's third international airport, Pokhara International Airport in 2023 ...

Kathmandu Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (Nepali: त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) (, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It ...

in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Series B

Hawker Siddeley HS 748 The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed and initially produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro. It was the last aircraft to be developed by Avro prior to its absorption by Hawker Siddeley. ...

built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997. At that time, the airline operated three other 748s.

Incident

Flight 128 departed from Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. While approaching Tribhuvan Airport's runway 02 at 10:25 am local time, the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower, killing all five crew members and all ten passengers. It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.

Passengers and crew

Due to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash.

References

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