Necon Air Flight 128


Necon Air Flight 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.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997. 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 on approach to Tribhuvan Airports runway 02 at 10:25 am local time, the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower, killing all 5 crew and all 10 passengers. It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.

Passengers and crew

Due to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash.
NationalityPassengersCrewTotal
Nepalese5510
Indian303
Bangladeshi202
Total10515