Airplane crash on Everest route kills 18
31 Jan 2009 12:35 #281
by intrepid
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Airplane crash on Everest route kills 18
The comission responsible for investigating the cause of the crash submitted their report on 31 December 2008.
According to the report, "the probable primary cause was flight crew's misjudgment, based on the weather information from all the proceeding aircraft and Lukla Information, to enter into cloud patch on final wherein the aircraft encountered the rapidly uplifting fog on short final resulting on Control Flight Into Terrain(CFIT)."
Interestingly, on November 7 2008, a record breaking 100 flights were made from Kathmandu to Lukla! This is very significant considering the kind of airport that it is. It also reflects the bumper tourist season which Nepal enjoyed at the time. The Everest and Annapurna routes were packed.
The comission responsible for investigating the cause of the crash submitted their report on 31 December 2008.
According to the report, "the probable primary cause was flight crew's misjudgment, based on the weather information from all the proceeding aircraft and Lukla Information, to enter into cloud patch on final wherein the aircraft encountered the rapidly uplifting fog on short final resulting on Control Flight Into Terrain(CFIT)."
Interestingly, on November 7 2008, a record breaking 100 flights were made from Kathmandu to Lukla! This is very significant considering the kind of airport that it is. It also reflects the bumper tourist season which Nepal enjoyed at the time. The Everest and Annapurna routes were packed.
Take nothing but litter, leave nothing but a cleaner Drakensberg.
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