Английская Википедия:1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash

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On 31 March 1975, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter (registration number 9N-AAZ, and serial number 727),[1] operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Tribhuvan International Airport to Phaplu Airport on a domestic charter flight. The flight was chartered by Sir Edmund Hillary to bring his wife Louise and daughter Belinda to Phaplu, where he was building a hospital.[2] The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.[3]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the crash was a Pilatus PC-6 Porter operated by Royal Nepal Airlines. It was delivered to Royal Nepal Airlines in 1971.[4]

Crew and passengers

All occupants on board died in the crash; they included the pilot Peter Shand, Sir Edmund Hillary's wife Louise and daughter Belinda, the family's dog and two Sherpa friends of the family.[3][5]

Accident

The flight was a chartered flight, that took off from Tribhuvan International Airport at or before 7:30 a.m. NPT for its flight to Phaplu Airport. The aircraft took off on runway 20 in a southern direction, but the pilot directly asked for permission to land.[6] The aircraft turned towards the right but was unable to make a landing, crashing into a ditch behind the northern end of the runway.[2]

Aftermath

In her biography Keeper of the Mountains, Elizabeth Hawley describes that the pilot Peter Shand did not do a walk-around,[2] failing to see that aileron was still fixed by a ground lock pin, because he was late to the airport and this caused the accident.[6]

The Nepali Times reported that the pilot was hired by Royal Nepal Airlines despite losing his previous job due to "carelessness".[7]

See also

References

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