Please spread the news among your tourist american and other international friends to boycott domestic nepalese flights. Never even think of flying Sita air . Sita air should be court martialed in the international aviation market. 

सब्बै थोत्रो कहिँ नबिकेको प्लेनहरु मर्मत गरिकन , नया रंग रोगन गरेर छुट्टै नया कम्पनी खडा गरि उडी रहेका ति सबलाई कारबाही गर्नु पर्ने हो | अहिले sita air बहिस्कार गरुला रे भोलि त्यो अर्कै छुट्टै नाम बाट संचालन हुन्छ | तेस्तै छ तेह को चलन | जाबो एउटा चरोको ठक्कर सहन नसक्ने तेस्तो थोत्रो  प्लेनहरु त उदनई नदिनु पर्ने हो | बेकारमा सिपालु पाईलट र अरुको ज्यान गयो | तेह को घुसखोर सरकार नै एसको दोषी देख्छु म |

sita nam ramrai cha, bagwan ko nam ho
aru sabai thotro cha

buddha air rocks

 bittertruth

you ar right. establishing a new company is not difficult process in Nepal as well as here. the same way Indian consultancies change their names after getting blacklisted; Nepalese companies change names but start with the same assets and management.


Boycott Sita today and in next few months they will change the name of the company and paint the planes in new livery and start operations. they might even sell their assets and equipment to other companies and the new company will run under a new name with old equipments and the circus goes on.

some of the old planes and helicopters are still running in Nepal from previous defunct airlines.

हामि साझामा : बहिस्कार गर्ने  कि नेपालमा ?
जतिनै कुरा गरे पनि , थोत्रा प्लेन हुन् भन्ने थाहा भए पनि विकल्प नभए पछी गन्तब्य स्थान मा पुर्याउछ भन्ने आसा औ भरोसामा चद्छौ . आज भोलि गाउ गाउ बाटो पुगेकोछ , बाटो को स्तिथि बुझदा बुझ्दै पनि मोटरको छत मा चढेर यात्रा गर्नेको संख्या २-४ दिन अगी मोटर खसेर लडेको देख्ने र सुन्ने ले पनि चडन छोडेका छैनन् |
तेस्तै हो यो विमानको कथा ब्यथा |  यी थोत्रा बिमान देशमा भित्र्याइए पनि  यी घटनाको अपेक्षा गरिएको थिएँन  भने पनि हुन्छ ? नत्र भने भित्रिने नै थिएनन नत  Aviation ले नै स्वीकृति दिन्थ्यो ( घुस पाए पछी आमालाइ पनि लालटिन बजार पुर्याने मंस्थीती मा भएका कर्मचारी भए पछी के लाग्छ ) |

के यो घटनाले हवाई बिभाग ले नया नीति ल्याउला र भबिस्यमा एस्तो घटना हुन् बाट रोक्ला ? स्याल - फ्याउरो बन्ला तर गाइ बन्दैन | खाइ पाई आएको दाना पनि छोडन को तयार होला ? हामि पनि त्यो प्लेन चडन छोड दैनौ | 

Being a pilot myself and now studying to get my commercial pilot license in the U.S.A The airworthiness of an airplane must be checked every time before take-offs apart from regular maintenance every 100hrs or so. Unfortunately, it does not happen in a my country Nepal.

Where it's costing me a complete 4 years course, 1500 hrs and a Second Class Medical Certificate at the least and hundred of thousands of dollars, countries like Philippines, Russia and S. Africa offer a commercial pilot license within a year or so, and thats where most of the pilots in Nepal get the training from. I don't want to under estimate the training they got in those countries, but to get a commercial license in about a year and then be flying a passenger plane sounds little fishy to me. 

I have had friends in Nepal Aviation Industry where they tell me that I should do the same but I won't. I'll take my time and get a proper FAA ratings hoping that someday I can bring in a little bit of change in the industry.

I read an article about a Cessna Caravan crashing during take-off in the western part of Nepal. The Cause, the pilots took-off with full flaps and the plane stalled during take off. How's that possible? It makes me think.

As for my government of Nepal, politics aside, strict the Aviation Industry. Impose restrictions on the Pvt Ltd Airlines companies running fleets of birds that are not air-worthy anymore. Its better to have less safer planes than to have too many that they fall from the sky every month or so. 

I know how difficult this must be. My Heartfelt Condolences to the victims and their families. You all are in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless you and your family during this time and always.

Aviator.

 Does anyone knows what part of the aircraft was bird striked? I'm not sure but since it's being a turboprop engine, there is less chance of bird ingestion on engine and prop can easily chop off the bird (being running in such high RPM) before it even enters the engine.
There is also rumour about the plane being grounded previous night because of  unairworthiness to fly and despite they flew the plane next morning which is very shady. If this is true, the airline must be prosecuted.

A very high commision such as NTSB must be implemented too in this case coz we have been hearing these similar kind of incidents almost every year in Nepal and government of Nepal (CAANepal) doesn't seem like to be too worried about Human Safety in Airline industry.

RIP
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I believe the aircraft must have lost one of its engine and the pilot's weren't able to achieve zero side slip with one engine inoperative. Hence, the plane made a sharp turn increasing the bank angle towards the non-operative engine and lost all of its lift and stalled, which brought down the aircraft only 500 m (AGL) above ground level.

When aircrafts like Dornier twin loses an engine, it loses 80% of its climb performance, due to the increased drag and decrease in excess power required for a climb.

The pilot's main concern here would be is what is called asymmetries. Because each engine on either side of the plane would be providing equal thrust (therefore pulling the aircraft in a straight line), the loss of propulsion on one side may cause the aircraft to yaw in that direction. While not a catastrophic thing, the pilot does need to act upon it with opposite rudder to keep the plane flying relatively straight.

Perfect example:

 

30 July 1998; Alliance Air HAL/Dornier 228-201; VT-EJW; Dornier 228-200; near Shikharpur, Nepal:30 July 1998; Alliance Air HAL/Dornier 228-201; VT-EJW; Dornier 228-200; near Shikharpur, Nepal: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Cochin to Thiruvananthapuram, India. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft pitched up uncontrollably, stalled, and crashed into a building. Improper maintenance led to a malfunction that caused an uncommanded downward movement of the horizontal stabilizer and subsequent control problems. All three crew members and three passengers were killed. Three people on the ground were also killed. The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Cochin to Thiruvananthapuram, India. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft pitched up uncontrollably, stalled, and crashed into a building. Improper maintenance led to a malfunction that caused an uncommanded downward movement of the horizontal stabilizer and subsequent control problems. All three crew members and three passengers were killed. Three people on the ground were also killed.

So, is there any updates from the Sita air plane crash? History shows the truth will never come out. Innocent travelers life at stake again!!

Any real man out there? Any real investigative journalist out there (of course not a nepali)? For someone with b*lls, interested in investigative journalism and making documentries can actually embark on making a project to reveal the naked truth about Nepal airlines corporation, TIA and privately owned commercial nepalese airplanes to create some international pressure. They should either meet the international aviation standards or just perish!!!

Yes; I heard peoples were gathered on the streets to protest the Sita Air.

This time lack old tires people were vandalizing,  No automobiles were parked in any streets because of the fear of  tires stolen by the protestors.

Pictures comming soon.

LETS BAN ON PUTTING NAME SITA IN ANY THING.

THEYJUST MISUSE THE OUR GODESS NAME AND PEOPLE STARTED BELIEVEING ITS SERVICE AND PRODUCTS.

THE PRODUCT WILL BE INFERIOR TO WHAT NAME SUPPOISE TO BE, I EVEN SAY DONT PUT NAME SITA TO EVEN HUMAN BEING, THEY ARE JUST OPPOSITE OF CHARCTER, DANAB CHARACTER INSTEAD OF BEING GODDESS.

हजुरलाई नेपालको नया  जंग बहादुर को उपाधि संगै यो  BAN काम को जिम्मेबारी हामि साझा बासीले मनोनयन गरेका छौ "|

लौ बधाई छ |

 lexsmith

what a childish opinion and thinking.  what's name got to do with it??? whats in a name???

If I name my child Janga Bahadur, will that assure that my son will lead the nation as a prime minister in future??

i cant believe that people even after coming abroad dont abandon their primitive thinking.

 
aviation bro, there has to be some underlying reason for the carsh. as you mentioned, the bird would have been chopped into pieces and people are also speculating that the aircraft may have been carrying more load than the limit. if the aircarft was overloaded, as soon as the engine failed it must have spun out of control.

NTSB would most likely not be a part of this investigation since there is only 1 American fatality but i wish they would take part. i heard that a British team is confirmed and Chinese investigation team is deciding whether to join the team in Nepal.

i do not know how the aviation training works in Nepal but I sure do hope that pilots are recurrent on their aircarft and have recurring training upto par.

Heres another instance when a bird is sucked into a jet engine on take off. The plane takes off with one operational engine and lands safely.

ओ नेपाली, माओबादी जन्तु हो, हिन्दि फिल्म को प्रोटेस्ट गर्नु भन्दा, सीता ऐर को इन्वेस्तिगेशन गर्न मा जोड दिन लागौनुस/ नेपाल को aviation standard बढाउन मा जोड दिनुस/ कसरी पैसा खाने, कसरी  जनता लै लुट्ने, कसरी जनता लै ठग्ने, कसरी अलि अलि भाको नेपाल लै स्वाहा पार्ने नगर्नुस/ तपाई हरु को परिवार सदस्य  पनि पर्न सक्नु हुन्थ्यो त्यो सीता ऐर क्रेश मा!!!!!

Biwash sathi,

That’s the very good point you came up with. It could be MTOW( Max takeoff weight) issue too being Dornier 228s MTOW is just 5700-6200 which is not a whole lot. Really not much info on its engine either (Garrett TPE 331-5-252D). I have seen engine like Pratt & Whitney’s PT6 (turboprop) that got filter on inlet duct so bird ingestion wouldn’t be possible. At this point, I speculate one engine failure due to bird strike and pilot couldn’t regain control being flying in very low altitude. Just my two cents.

pilot la ganja khayara plan udhaya ko kaslai taha........khata pilote haru

        Accidents including only Dornier type airfrafts in Nepal.

 

1. Agni Air Flight 101 crashed outside of Kathmandu in heavy rain on 24 August 2010, killing all 14 people on board.
2. On 31 July 1993, an Everest Air Dornier Do 228 crashed in the Himalayas, killing all 19 people on board.
3. Jul 30, 1998: A Dornier aircraft crashed while taking off at Cochin airport in Kerala killing all six persons on board and three others who were working inside a naval workshop building onto which it nose-dived and burst into flames.
4. On 23 June 2011, Tara Air Do 228 9N-AGQ was substantially damaged in a heavy landing and runway excursion at Simikot Airport, Nepal. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight from Nepalgunj Airport.
5. On 14 May 2012, an Agni Air Dornier 228 crashed while attempting to land at Jomsom Airport, killing 15 of 21 people on board.
   
6. On 28 Sept 2012, a Sita Air Flight 601 crashed just one minute after it took off for Lukla Airport from Kathmandu, killing all 19(16 passengers and 3 crew members) on board.