1973 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 hijacking
The involved aircraft at Pokhara Airport forty years later | |
| Hijack | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 June 1973 |
| Summary | Aircraft hijacking |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration | 9N-ABB |
| Flight origin | Biratnagar Airport, Biratnagar, Nepal |
| Destination | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Occupants | 22 |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 22 |
The 1973 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 hijacking (also known as the Biratnagar Plane Hijack) was the first aircraft hijacking in the history of Nepal.
The main motive for this incident was to gather funds for an armed revolution to restore multi-party democracy by overthrowing the party-less Panchayat system headed by the King in Nepal, Mahendra of Nepal.