Accidents and Incidents
- 25 May 2004 9N-AFD a de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter operating Flight 117, a cargo flight, crashes on approach to Lukla killing the crew of three.
- 21 June 2006 9N-AEQ, a DHC-6, is destroyed in a rice paddy on approach to Jumla, killing all six passengers and the crew of three.
- 8 October 2008 9N-AFE a DHC-6 operating as Flight 103, is destroyed on landing at Lukla, killing all eighteen passengers and two crew. Captain Surendra Kunwar was the only survivor.
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