Necon Air Flight 128

Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower near Indrathan Hill.^[1][2]

Necon Air Flight 128

A HS748 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	5 September 1999
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	15 km west of Kathmandu, Nepal 27°42′47″N 85°14′49″E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	BAe 748 Super 2B
Operator	Necon Air
Registration	9N-AEG
Flight origin	Pokhara Airport, Nepal
Destination	Kathmandu Airport, Nepal
Passengers	10
Crew	5
Fatalities	15
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997.^[1] 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.^[3] It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.^[2][1]

Passengers and crew

Due to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the 15 occupants survived the crash.^[4]

Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Total
Nepal	5	5	10
India	3	0	3
Bangladesh	2	0	2
Total	10	5	15

See also

• List of airplane accidents in Nepal