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Hinduja Cargo Services Flight 8533 was a scheduled cargo flight from
Tribhuvan International Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (, , colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It has a tabletop runway, a domestic terminal and an international terminal. As the country's main internat ...
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operated by Lufthansa Cargo's Indian subsidiary Hinduja Cargo Services. On 7 July 1999, the
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operating the flight crashed into Champadevi Hills at altitude with no survivors amongst the 5 occupants on board.


Aircraft and crew

The aircraft was a 17 year old
Boeing 727-200 The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airp ...
Freighter plane. It was delivered previously to
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in 1981 as I-DIRS with
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too operating the airframe as N586PE and N14416 before delivery to Hinduja Cargo Services as VT-LCI. There were 5 crew members on board, namely Gonjalez, Shahni, Vargava, Singh and Roy.


Flight

The flight was carrying 21 tons of cargo, mostly textiles and carpets. The flight departed Runway 20 at Kathmandu's
Tribhuvan International Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (, , colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It has a tabletop runway, a domestic terminal and an international terminal. As the country's main internat ...
. After take-off the flight made a 10-degree bank to the right for heading of 247 at 4.4
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. The power applied on the engines was inadvertently reduced so the aircraft lost height in area where altitude of any departing flight must be above while VT-LCI was at . The Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) activated and sounded an alarm in the cockpit for 11 seconds. The speed was reduced to causing the stick shaker to activate. VT-LCI impacted Champadevi Hills at 7:51 p.m. local time with no survivors.


See also

* List of airplane accidents in Nepal *
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 was an Airbus A300, registration which crashed while approaching Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on 28 September 1992. All 167 people on board were killed. Flight 268 is the worst accide ...
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Thai Airways International Flight 311 Thai Airways International Flight 311 (TG311/THA311) was a flight from Bangkok, Thailand's Don Mueang International Airport to Kathmandu, Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport. On July 31, 1992, at 07:00:26 UTC (12:45:26 NST; 14:00:26 ICT), t ...
* Necon Air Flight 128 *
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 Asiana Airlines Flight 733 was a domestic Asiana Airlines passenger flight from Seoul-Gimpo International Airport to Mokpo Airport, South Korea. The Boeing 737 crashed on 26 July 1993, in the Hwawon area of Haenam County, South Jeolla Province. ...
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Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and explosive decompression 12 minutes after takeoff. After f ...


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