- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 22, 2002
Time: 0941
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Operator: Shangri La Air
Flight #: ?
Route: Jomsom - Pokhara
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Registration: 9N-AFR
cn / ln: 726
Aboard: 18   (passengers:15  crew:3)
Fatalities: 18   (passengers:15  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed into a hill 3 miles southeast of Pokhara Airport while on approach. The plane broke into several pieces and bodies and wreckage was scattered over a small area. There was poor weather in the area at the time of the accident. Controlled flight into terrain.
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