Katmandu – New Delhi – Sharjah

On July 7, 1999 at 07:51 PM, Katmandu – New Delhi – Sharjah experienced a crash involving Boeing 727-200, operated by Hinduja Cargo Services, with the event recorded near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Bagmati.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport on a cargo flight to Sharjah with an intermediate stop in New Delhi, carrying five crew members and a load of 21 tons of woolen carpets. After takeoff from runway 20, the crew continued to climb but failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. The aircraft struck the slope of Mt Champadevi located 11 km southwest of the airport and disintegrated on impact. All five crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-LCI, MSN 22168, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.6866°, 85.2525°.