• On 10 May 1973, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-8 operated by
Thai Airways overran the runway on landing, with 100 passengers and 10 crew on board. There was one fatality. • On 31 July 1992, an
Airbus A310-304, operating as
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashed into a mountain while approaching Kathmandu, killing all 113 people on board. • On 28 September 1992, an
Airbus A300 (registered as B4-203) operating as
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 crashed while approaching Kathmandu, killing all 167 on board, making it the worst air accident in Nepal. • On 17 January 1995, a
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operating as
Royal Nepal Airlines Flight 133 from Kathmandu to
Rumjatar, had problems getting airborne at Tribhuvan International Airport. The aircraft struck the airfield perimeter fence and plunged into fields. Of three crew and 21 passengers on board, one crew member and one passenger were killed. • On 7 July 1999, a
Boeing 727-200F operated by
Lufthansa Cargo crashed in the Champadevi hills at an altitude of 7550 feet, five minutes after takeoff, when it should have been at an altitude of 9500 feet. All five crew members on board were killed. • On 5 September 1999, a
BAe 748-501 Super 2B operating as
Necon Air Flight 128 from
Pokhara to Kathmandu, crashed while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. The aircraft collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area 25 km west of Kathmandu. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed. • On 26 December 1999, an
Airbus A300B2-101 operating as
Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked en route from Kathmandu to
Delhi. The aircraft ended up in
Kandahar, Afghanistan. Indian Airlines suspended all flights to and from Nepal for some time, fearing a lack of security at check-in. • On 24 December 2008, a
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by
Nepal Airlines ran off the runway during takeoff • On 24 August 2010, a
Dornier 228 operating as
Agni Air Flight 101 crashed into hills outside Kathmandu in heavy rain. All on board (three crew, 11 passengers) were killed. The plane, crashed near
Shikharpur village, south of Kathmandu. The aircraft had left Tribhuvan International Airport, bound for
Tenzing-Hillary Airport. • On 25 September 2011, a
Beechcraft 1900D operating as
Buddha Air Flight 103, struck terrain while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. There were 16 passengers and three crew members on board. Initial reports stated there was one survivor, who died en route to hospital. At the time of the crash, the weather was overcast with very low clouds and flights were operating under
visual flight rules. The aircraft was on the base leg of the approach following a sightseeing flight. • On 28 September 2012, a
Dornier 228 operating as
Sita Air Flight 601, crashed soon after take-off, after apparently hitting a
vulture. 16 passengers and three crew members were killed. • On 4 March 2015, an
Airbus A330-300 operated by
Turkish Airlines veered off the runway after attempting to land in dense fog. The aircraft had been circling for 30 minutes and was making its second landing attempt, after a previous aborted attempt due to poor visibility. The aircraft skidded into soft grass causing the nose wheel to collapse and the airport to temporarily close to all international flights. All 224 passengers and 11 crew members evacuated the aircraft safely, with one minor injury reported. • On 12 March 2018, a
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operating as
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211, carrying 67 passengers and 4 crew veered off the runway while landing then crashed on the east side of Tribhuvan International Airport before catching fire. 47 passengers and 4 crew were killed. • On 19 April 2018, a
Boeing 737-900ER operated by
Malindo Air on a scheduled flight to
Kuala Lumpur International Airport Malaysia, overran the runway after a high-speed
rejected takeoff. The aircraft skidded roughly south of the runway end and stopped along a grassy area between two runways. All 132 passengers and 7 crew members escaped without injuries. Damage to the aircraft was minor, and the runway was closed for several hours until the plane was removed. The flight crew opted to abort the takeoff due to a warning indicated the aircraft was not
correctly configured. • On 1 September 2018, a
BAe Jetstream 41 operated by
Yeti Airlines en route from
Nepalgunj skidded off the runway, seconds after touching down. All 21 passengers and the crew of three evacuated the aircraft safely without injuries, but the aircraft was written off. Slippery runway due to rainfall was reported to be the cause of the incident. • On 12 July 2019, a
Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500, which was flying from
Nepalgunj, skidded off the runway as it landed at Tribhuvan International Airport. There were 68 people aboard, including four crew members; all of them were able to safely exit the plane, but two passengers were minorly injured. • On 6 May 2022,
Singapore Airlines Flight 439, a
Boeing 737-800, sustained a
tailstrike during takeoff from runway 20. The resulting incident depressurized the aircraft and forced it to divert to
Kolkata, India. There were no injuries among the 165 passengers and 8 crew members on board. The tailstrike occurred during the takeoff at the airport was due to over-rotation by the PF, coupled with a likely tailwind with a component of about 10 knots along the runway. The rotation pitch rate was, at times, greater than 5° per second as recorded by the FDR. The pitch angle of 11.07° recorded also exceeded the 7° – 9° normal pitch angle range. • On 24 July 2024, a
Bombardier CRJ200 operated by
Saurya Airlines crashed during takeoff, killing 18 of the 19 people on board. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. ==See also==