Airbus A330 crash, Mar 4, 2015, Kathmandu-Tribhuvan
Airbus A330 accident on March 4, 2015 near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan, Bagmati, Nepal with no fatalities. Cause: Nepal investigation commission: The decision...
- Date: March 4, 2015
- Aircraft: Airbus A330
- Location: Kathmandu-Tribhuvan, Bagmati, Nepal
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Nepal investigation commission: The decision of the flight crew to continue the approach and landing below the minima with inadequate visual reference and not to perform a missed approach. Contributing were probable fixation of the crew on landing at Kathmandu and deterioration of the weather, which produced fog reducing visibility below minima.
On 4 March 2015 Turkish Airlines flight TK726, an Airbus A330 from Istanbul with 224 passengers and 11 crew, landed in fog at Kathmandu Tribhuvan airport below minima. The aircraft touched down left of the centreline, the nose gear collapsed and it stopped on grass between taxiways D and C. All occupants were evacuated by slides, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The Nepal investigation commission found that the crew continued the approach and landing below minima with inadequate visual reference instead of going around.