# Nepal Airlines Flight 555

_Non-fatal aviation incident in 2013_

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Last updated: 2026-10-31

> Nepal Airlines Flight 555 was a short domestic scheduled flight from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal of about 20 minutes' flying time, operated by Nepal Airlines. On 16 May 2013, the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft operating the flight crashed while landing at Jomsom Airport. Seven of the twenty-one on board were seriously injured. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** aviation accident ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13365876#P31))
- **Coordinates:** 28.7826, 83.7273

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Nepal Airlines Flight 555](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Airlines_Flight_555) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): नेपाल वायुसेवा निगम विमान दुर्घटना २ जेठ २०७०](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A5%A8_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A0_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A6) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q13365876](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13365876) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Mustang crash.jpg by Krish Dulal (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mustang_crash.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Nepal Airlines Flight 555, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Mustang crash.jpg — Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Nepal Airlines Flight 555". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/nepal-airlines-flight-555. Retrieved 4 November 2026.