The aircraft, 9N-AEQ, five years prior to the incident (then operated by Skyline Airways)
Accident
Date
21 June 2006
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
Jumla Airport, Nepal
Aircraft
Aircraft type
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
Operator
Yeti Airlines
Registration
9N-AEQ
Flight origin
Nepalgunj Airport, Nepalgunj
Stopover
Surkhet Airport, Surkhet/Birendranagar
Destination
Jumla Airport, Jumla
Passengers
6
Crew
3
Fatalities
9
Survivors
0
On 21 June 2006, when approaching Jumla Airport, Nepal, a Yeti Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into the ground after the crew decided to abort the landing and perform a go-around for an unknown reason. Eyewitnesses said that the plane appeared to have stalled while making a tight turn on the threshold of runway 27 and ploughed into the ground in a ball of fire on the eastern edge of the runway.[1][2]
^ ab"Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
^"Yeti crash, 9 dead". Nepali Times. June 21, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
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