Deadly aircraft accidents are common in mountainous Nepal; remember

mountainous Nepal, where dozens of people died on Sunday when a plane crashed in the resort town of Pokhara has a history of deadly plane crashes.

Here are the details of plane and helicopter crashes this century in the Himalayan country, where several airlines fly to small airports in remote hills and mountains shrouded in clouds and cut off from roads.

Before Sunday’s crash, 273 people had died since 2000 in 17 plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal.

January 15, 2023

A twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft carrying 72 people, operated by Yeti Airlines of Nepal, crashed in Pokhara, killing at least 68.

It was the country’s worst plane crash since 1992, when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it crashed into a hill while trying to land in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.

May 29, 2022

Sixteen Nepalese, four Indians and two Germans were killed in a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft that crashed 15 minutes after taking off from Pokhara, 125 km west of Kathmandu.

Operated by the Yeti Tara Air unit, the aircraft made its maiden flight in April 1979, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.

February 27, 2019

A helicopter crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal, killing all seven people on board, including the tourism minister.

March 12, 2018

Fifty-one of 71 people on a Bangladeshi plane operated by US-Bangla Airlines were killed when it crashed in overcast weather on landing at the airport in Nepal’s capital.

It was a Bombardier Q400 series aircraft.

February 26, 2016

Two people were presumed dead after a small plane crashed in Kalikot district in western Nepal. It was operated by Kasthamandap Airlines.

February 24, 2016

A small plane crashed in bad weather, killing all 23 people on board. The Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Tara Air, was on a flight from Pokhara.

February 16, 2014

All 18 people on a small plane that crashed in bad weather died. The Twin Otter aircraft was operated by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corp.

September 28, 2012

A small propeller-driven Dornier plane hit a bird and crashed shortly after takeoff from Kathmandu, killing 19 people, including seven British and five Chinese passengers.

September 25, 2011

A small plane carrying foreign tourists to see Mount Everest crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board.

The Beech aircraft was operated by the private airline Buddha Air.

December 16, 2010

A small plane has crashed in the foothills of the Himalayas in remote eastern Nepal, killing all 22 people on board.

The Twin Otter aircraft was operated by Tara Air.

August 24, 2010

Fourteen people – including four Americans, one Japanese and one Briton – were killed when their small plane crashed in bad weather in Nepal. It was operated by the private company Agni Air.

October 8, 2008

A small Twin Otter plane crashed in the remote mountains of northeastern Nepal, killing at least 18 people, most of them foreigners.

March 4, 2008

Four UN weapons monitors were among at least 10 people killed in a helicopter crash in Nepal.

June 21, 2006

A Twin Otter passenger plane operated by Yeti Airlines crashed minutes before landing in the west of the country, killing all nine people on board.

May 25, 2004

A Twin Otter cargo plane crashed in the Mount Everest region, killing its three crew members. It was operated by Yeti Airlines.

August 22, 2002

Another Twin Otter plane, carrying foreign tourists, crashed into a mountain in bad weather in Nepal, killing all 18 people on board. It was operated by Shangrila Air.

July 17, 2002

Four people were presumed dead after a twin-engine plane crashed into a mountain in western Nepal minutes before landing.

July 27, 2000

A Canadian-made Twin Otter passenger plane crashed in western Nepal, killing all 25 people on board. It was operated by the state-owned Royal Nepal Airlines.