# Sita Air Flight 601

_2012 aviation accident_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Sita Air Flight 601 (ST601/STA601) was a Nepalese domestic passenger flight, operated by Sita Air from Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla. On 28 September 2012, the Dornier 228 serving the route crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Kathmandu shortly after takeoff, killing all 19 people on board.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** aviation accident ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3241797#P31))
- **Coordinates:** 27.6806, 85.3561

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Sita Air Flight 601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Air_Flight_601) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): सीता एयर विमान दुर्घटना २०६९](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0_%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%A5%A6%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%AF) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3241797](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3241797) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Sita Air Accident.jpg by Krish Dulal (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sita_Air_Accident.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Sita Air Flight 601, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sita Air Accident.jpg — Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0.

## Cite this page

"Sita Air Flight 601". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/sita-air-flight-601. Retrieved 21 October 2026.