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submitted its final report on the accident and concluded that "Very low visibility" was the cause of the accident. As the aircraft was flying through dense fog for several minutes before the approach, it missed the runway of Lukla
Airport. The report furthermore revealed that both air traffic control
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Captain, 48 year-old Parash Kumar Rai, had over 9000 flight hours logged, and since joining the airline, had flown over 1900 hours on L-410 aircraft. He died shortly after being pulled from the wreckage. The co-pilot, Shreejan Manandhar died at 21:30 local time in intensive care at Lukla
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242:Tenzing–Hillary Airport
172:Tenzing–Hillary Airport
27:2017 aviation accident
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102:27.68526°N 86.72646°E
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18:Summit Air Flight 409
533:Necon Air Flight 128
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168:Destination
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1040:Categories
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669:(May 2015)
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637:(May 2012)
404:2017-06-21
379:2017-06-21
353:2017-06-21
329:2017-06-21
303:References
267:Summit Air
207:Fatalities
191:Passengers
137:Summit Air
93:86°43′35″E
90:27°41′07″N
63:2017-05-27
223:Survivors
183:Occupants
161:Kathmandu
297:fatigued
261:Aircraft
249:Accident
215:Injuries
133:Operator
118:Aircraft
51:Accident
44:Goma Air
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163:, Nepal
71:Summary
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