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Jomsom Airport is located adjacent to the Kali Gandaki River at the northern end of the Kali Gandaki Gorge. The airport resides at an elevation of 8,976 feet (2,736 m) above mean sea level. [1] [3] It has one asphalt paved runway designated 06/24 which measures 2,424 by 66 feet (739 m × 20 m).
The aircraft was flying from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport on an unscheduled flight CHT. There were eighteen passengers, two pilots and a flight attendant on board. At 09:30 local time (03:45 UTC), Flight CHT attempted to land at Jomson, but the first attempt was aborted by the pilots. During the subsequent go-around, one of the aircraft's ...
Nepal Airlines Flight 555 was a short domestic scheduled flight from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal of about 20 minutes' flying time, operated by Nepal Airlines. On 16 May 2013, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft operating the flight crashed while landing at Jomsom Airport. Seven of the twenty-one on board were ...
The airline operates from short takeoff and landing airstrips in the Western parts of Nepal. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The airline received the first of two Let 410 aircraft, financed by the Czech Republic Export Bank., [ 4 ] in October 2014, and initially only used them on flights to Lukla and Jomsom .
2013 – Nepal Airlines Flight 555, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 9N-ABO, skids off the runway at Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, and falls 20 meters (65 feet) into the Gandaki River. All 21 people on board survive, but seven suffer serious injuries. 2011 – Launch: Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 at 12:56:28 UTC. Mission ...
Simrik Airlines Beechcraft 1900 at Gautam Buddha Airport (March 2015) Simrik Airlines Pvt. Ltd. was an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal operating domestic scheduled flights from its base at Tribhuvan International Airport. [2] [3] [4] It was the partner company of Simrik Air, a Nepalese helicopter airline operating four helicopters. [5]
Pokhara Airport will be gradually replaced by Nepal's third international airport, Pokhara International Airport, in 2023. [4] While most operations were transferred to the new airport on 1 January 2023, the STOL (short takeoff and landing) operations to Jomsom are still operated from this airport.
JetBlue Flight 292 making an emergency landing in September 2005 with its nose landing gear turned sideways.. This list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline summarizes airline accidents and all kinds of incidents, major or minor, by airline company with flight number, location, date, aircraft type, and cause.