t is yet to known the reason behind Buddha Air’s plane crashed. It seems that the Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) seems to be reason behind the accident as the plane hit the mountain as it is in the process of landing.
Budha Air’s beeach craft, which was returning after completing mountain flights, crashed in a hill south of Kathmandu Airport early on Sunday killing all 19 on board including three crew members. Some locals said the plane caught flew lower than its usual course before it crashed and it was fuggy.
The cause of the crash is believed to be adverse weather conditions. The aircraft, which lost its communication at 7:30 this morning with the control room at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, crashed while returning from a mountain flight.
Meteorological Forecasting Division on Sunday said that bad weather could have been a major cause of the Buddha Air plane crash. Also Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that they had not registered the weather forecast for today.
“We always notify about the weather forecast, but today the forecast was not recorded at all,” said senior official of CAA, Rajendra Shrestha. According to Shrestha the visibility at the crash site was minimum because of heavy fog and rain. He said that the crash could have been averted if a proper reading was taken on time.
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