How safe is the Nepali airspace?

Aviation experts have said it will get harder for the Nepali airlines to regain the confidence from the European Union to fly there after a fatal helicopter crash in eastern Nepali hills a fortnight ago.

Kasthamandap Air plane which crashed in Kalikot district some 650 kms west of Kathmandu on February 26, 2016. Two pilots were killed when a small passenger plane crash landed in Nepal on February 26 but all nine passengers survived, an airport official sa

Nepalese onlookers gather around the wreckage of a Kasthamandap Air plane crash in Kalikot near Kathmandu on February 26, 2016. (KAMAL SHAHI/AFP/Getty Images) Source: AFP

1 min read

Published

By Pratichya Dulal




Share this with family and friends


Download our apps
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Nepali-speaking Australians.
Stories about women of Nepali heritage in Australia who are about to become parents.
Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
Nepali News

Nepali News

Watch it onDemand