The crash-landing of a US-Bangla passenger plane at Kathmandu airport that killed 49 people has put Nepal’s aviation safety record in the spotlight once again. In 1992, two planes crashed near Kathmandu within just two months of one another, killing a total of 280 people. Nepal’s only international airport sits in a narrow valley 1,338 metres above sea level, meaning planes have a relatively tight space to turn in. Lessons not learnedSome experts accuse Nepal’s civil aviation authority of failing to act on recommendations from past crash investigations. But UK-based aviation expert Andrew Blackie, part of a team that investigated a crash in Nepal’s south in 2016, said resources were an issue.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 13, 2018 15:11 UTC