All 18 passengers and the pilot were killed when a Milne Bay Air (MBA) de Havilland Twin Otter crashed into high terrain north of Mendi, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), on 9 July. Preliminary reports suggest that the accident was weather-related. MBA suffered a fatal accident in Papua New Guinea earlier this year, when one of its Pilatus Britten-Norman Islanders crashed in high terrain on 11 May, killing one of the passengers.
Source: Flight International
The January incident at Ellsworth AFB resulted in the destruction of the $450 million bomber and a rare quadruple ejection of the crew, who were attempting to execute an instrument landing during poor weather.
Investigators probing the fatal Bombardier CRJ200 crash at Kathmandu will inevitably focus on the extraordinary attitude the aircraft developed as it lifted off from runway 02. Nepal’s civil aviation regulator states that the captain survived the 24 July accident but the first officer, and the 17 other occupants, did not. ...
A Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Nepalese carrier Saurya Airlines has crashed during take-off from Kathmandu airport, with fatalities among those on board.
