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Necon Air Flight 128

5 Sept 1999 · 15 km west of Kathmandu, Nepal

BAe 748 Super 2B · Controlled flight into terrain

From Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
15 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

BAe 748 Super 2B

Aircraft type
BAE 748
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
9N-AEG
Operator
Necon Air
Onboard fatalities
15
Route
From Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR)To Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

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.

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.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: Necon Air Flight 128
Article
Necon Air Flight 128
Revision
1350934493 · 2026-04-24 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q48790186
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Necon Air Flight 128" (page 55506663, revision 1350934493)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
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  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.