Boeing 727-200 crash, Jul 7, 1999 (5 killed), Kathmandu-T...
Boeing 727-200 accident on July 7, 1999 near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan, Bagmati, Nepal with 5 fatalities. Cause: Crew failure to follow the published...
- Date: July 7, 1999
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Kathmandu-Tribhuvan, Bagmati, Nepal
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Crew failure to follow the published Standard Instrument Departure, incomplete briefing, poor crew coordination and a slow response to GPWS warnings, resulting in controlled flight into terrain.
A Boeing 727 freighter operated by Hinduja Cargo Services was flying a cargo charter from Kathmandu to Sharjah via New Delhi. After takeoff from runway 20 the crew did not follow the published departure procedure, the airspeed decayed in a turn, and the crew reacted slowly to GPWS warnings, so the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Champadevi about 11 km southwest of the airport. All five crew members died.