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From: smanandh@athena.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Subject: Another Plane lost from the radar in KTM???
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:02:19 GMT

%%%This is Rajpal posting from one of my friend's account%%%%%%%%

   One of my co-worker here at work told me that she heard news on
   the radio that another plane about to land in Kathmandu has 
   disappear from the radar screen 10 minutes before landing! 

   The total number of passengers (as far as she can remember) were
   180!

   Anybody heard the news this morning? Or am I victim of one of her
   another practical joke?

-Rajpal J. Singh
 Systems Engineer
 Academic Computing Services
 Northern Illinois University
 DeKalb, IL 60115

Internet: a10rjs1@cs.niu.edu
          a10rjs1@mvs.cso.niu.edu 
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(617) 864-4039		    The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself
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Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Monday, 28 Sep 1992 18:24:23 MST
From: <ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject:    More news on plane crash

        Airliner Crashes in Nepal, No Survivors Reported
        ________________________________________________

KATHMANDU, Sept. 28, 1992 (Kyodo)


   A Pakistani airliner with 167 people aboard crashed near
Kathmandu on Monday and there are no reports of survivors,
state-owned Radio Nepal said.

   Quoting the Nepalese Home Ministry, the radio report said 155
passengers and a 12-member crew were assumed to be on board the
Pakistani International Airways  Flight 268 flying from Karachi and
scheduled to land in Kathmandu at about 2:40 p.m. Nepal time.

   In Tokyo, Japan's Foreign Ministry said the passenger list
includes the Japanese-sounding name `K. Yamaguchi,' who is believed
to be Keisuke Yamaguchi of Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture.

   Earlier, Royal Nepalese Army sources said 130 people including
an 18-member crew were believed to be on board the ill-fated Airbus
A-300, which lost contact  with air traffic controllers at about
2:29 p.m. while only about 10 kilometers  from the runway.

   Rescue teams have reached the crash site at Tinpani Pass south
of Kathmandu and intense rescue work is underway, the radio report
said.

   Unofficial reports said the passengers included about 100
Nepalese who had been working in the Middle East and returning home
for the annual festival of Dasain.

   Other reports said debris from the jet was scattered over a wide
area near the pass.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: CXGR <CXGR@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA>
Subject: Looking for G. R. Bhattarai or Anju Pant (Bhattarai)
Organization: McGill University
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:39:31 GMT

Hi
I am looking the address of my friends Mr. Gopendra and Mrs. Anju
Bhattarai. I would appreciate if you let me know.
Wishing a very Happy "Vijaya Dashami" to all Nepalese friends.
-Gorkhali
From: mbheprg@hpa.ee.man.ac.uk (Raju Gurung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: PIA crash near Kathmandu
Date: 28 Sep 92 14:06:12 GMT
Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept Manchester University

Hi,
	Just heard that a PIA airlines jet has crashed near Kathmandu,
about 10 minutes before it was due to land. Officials say they have
located the wreckage but no further news so far.
	
BTW, Thanks to all who posted the dates of dashai and tihar.

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
From: bdhamala@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bhesh R. Dhamala)
Subject: Pakistani airline crashed near Kathmandu?
Originator: bdhamala@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 12:57:43 EDT



Hi Everybody:
Another sad news!!! Pakistani Airline crashed about 8mi away from
Kathmandu---this morning I heard in CNN news.  In another radio
news they were saying that there were 167 people aboard, but no
confirmation yet.  So far no survivor.  If any body has further info.
please share.
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 17:18:34 MST
From: <ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject:    Nepali envoy to Pakistan dies

      Nepalese Envoy in Pakistan Dies on First Working Day
      ____________________________________________________


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI), September  22, 1992:

     Nepalese Ambassador Chura Bahadur Hamal died of a heart attack
on his first  official working day Tuesday shortly after presenting
his credentials to  President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and inspecting an
honor guard, a Nepalese Embassy  spokesman said.

    The spokesman said Hamal met with Khan and the new Egyptian
ambassador, Mustafa Ahmad Hanafi, after the official credentials
ceremony ended and then returned to his office.

    "Soon after he came, Hamal complained of pain in his chest. He
died before we could call a doctor,'' a spokesman for the Nepalese
embassy said. Khan later visited the Nepalese Embassy and praised
Hamal for his services in ''promoting Pakistan- Nepal friendship."

    Hamal had served in Pakistan as a senior diplomat in 1964-65,
but this was  his first ambassadorial assignment in Islamabad. Both
Khan and Prime Minister  Nawaz Sharif sent condolence messages to
the king and prime minister of  Nepal  "on the sad and sudden death
of their envoy," the Foreign Office said.
_________________________



                  Nepali Envoy to Pakistan Dies
                  _____________________________


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Reuter), September 22, 1992:

     Nepal's  new ambassador to Pakistan, Chura Bahadur Hamal, died
of a heart  attack soon after presenting his credentials to
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan on  Tuesday, an embassy spokesman said.

   He said Hamal, 57, collapsed after complaining of a breathing
problem when he  returned from the presidential palace in
Islamabad.

 He was rushed to hospital but died, probably on the way there, the
spokesman  said. His body would be taken home on Wednesday on a
special plane provided by  Pakistan.

   Hamal, who arrived in Islamabad last month, had suffered from
high blood  pressure, the spokesman said.
______________________________________



   Nepalese ambassador dies just after presenting credentials
   __________________________________________________________

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP), September 22, 1992:

     Nepal's  new ambassador to Pakistan suffered a heart attack
and died Tuesday just after presenting his credentials to President
Ghulam Ishaq Khan,  officials said.

    Chura Bahadur Hamal suffered the attack at the presidency and
was rushed to the cardiology unit of the Pakistan Institute of
Medical Sciences but did not  survive, the officials said.

    The Pakistani president later called at the Nepalese
ambassador's residence in Islamabad to give his condolences to
Hamal's wife.
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Monday, 28 Sep 1992 15:22:29 MST
From: <ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject:    PIA Airbus Crashes in Nepal

           PIA Airbus Crashes in Nepal: Airport Source
           ___________________________________________

KATHMANDU, September  28, 1992 (AFP):

     A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A-300 crashed
in Nepal on Monday, an airport source said.

    The plane was carrying 248 passengers and 13 crew, according to
the airport source who did not want to be named, but only 180
passengers according to PIA officials in Karachi.

    The PIA officials did not confirm that the plane had crashed.

    Army rescue helicopters began searching for the aircraft at
3:30 p.m (1030 GMT), but could not land because of fog, the
Kathmandu airport source said.

    Meanwhile a highly placed Civil Aviation Department official
said Airbus experts were coming to Kathmandu to investigate the
cause of the crash.

    The plane, which left Karachi on time, had been due at the
Kathmandu International Airport at 2:40 p.m. (0910 GMT) and lost
contact with the airport when it was about 15 miles south of
Kathmandu, the source said.

    Unconfirmed reports here said the plane crashed somewhere near
Tikabhairab, 15 kilometres (nine miles) south of the Nepalese
capital.

    A Thai International Airways Airbus 310-300 crashed northwest
of Kathmandu on July 31, killing all 113 on board.
From: deaton@saturn.sdsu.edu (Ed Deaton)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Island Peak
Summary: Information about climbing Island Peak requested
Keywords: Island Peak, climbing, Khumbu
Date: 28 Sep 92 20:49:17 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I am going to Nepal about March 1, 1993.  I will do the Everest
Base Camp trek,(which I did last year) then climb Island Peak.

I would like to correspond with some one who has done this.  I need
information about the technical difficulty, renting climbing gear in
Kathmandu or Namche Bazar, obtaining a qualified guide, etc.

	Thank you,

Ed Deaton
San Diego State University
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal,soc.culture.netherlands,soc.culture.new-zealand,soc.culture.nordic,soc.culture.pakistan
From: bernd@cc.uow.edu.au (Bernd Wechner)
Subject: Make a friend today, send a postcard to Oz ...
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 04:33:46 GMT

I just started to stick some old postcards on the wall at home and found
it growing into a very interesting collage, or wallpaper of sorts even. A 
great deal of interest value and a dash of nostalgia for me personally as 
well. Now although I had a fair stack, I was a little surprised at how small 
a postcard is and how large a wall is. 

So, I'd like to invite you to send me a postcard for which I will:

a) be eternally grateful
b) send one back (if desired)
c) invite you around for a cup of tea, a chat and even to stay a few days 
   (if you like ...)

Just think, you'll make your mark on my wall, and my life, and maybe
even make a friend for life. Or then again, maybe just a postcard for
your own wall ;-).

To join the revolution, just mail a postcard to me here:

Bernd Wechner
5 Charles Avenue
Minnamurra 2532
Australia

Remembering to include your own name and address if you like and see
what interesting things you can add to that. 

All the best then, and here's hoping we have some friendly people with
some motivation in the audience tonight ;-).

Ciao,

Bernd.
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Monday, 5 Oct 1992 22:58:23 EDT
From: Wenod Naywoar <433CRQA@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: GREETINGS!

HAPPY VIJAYA 1992!
              Wen
From: ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Disaster Telephone Number
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:14:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: ASUACAD.92273.111440ASRPA
Organization: Arizona State University


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                         DISASTER NUMBER
                         _______________

Copyright 1992 The Press Association Limited
Press Association Newsfile,  September  28, 1992, Monday


    The Foreign Office has issued the following telephone numbers
for people who may have had relatives on board the Airbus which
crashed in  Nepal.

Office  hours: 071 270 4112. Other times: 071 839 1010.
From: sanjay@media.mit.edu (Sanjay Manandhar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: test
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:47:55 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

In article <9209291659.AA12226@> buffalo.EDU@eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu writes:
>test sorry
>testiki

Please do not use soc.culture.nepal for testing.

There are MANY test groups set up EXACTLY for this purpose. I suggest
"trial.test". After you post to that group, you "go" to that group
(e.g. g trial.test) and see if YOUR message made it. Don't
inconvenience so many people eagerly waiting to get real messages (esp.
at times like this).

Here's a list of test groups. Go wild there!
alt.test!
athena.test!
gnu.gnusenet.test!
gnu.test!
misc.test!
mit.test!
trial.test!
news.test!

...a gentle reminder,

sanjay
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Need a program **password**
From: <MYNLG@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Saturday, 26 Sep 1992 00:22:16 EDT
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

Hi!
          I need a program  which when executed,reveals the password of a user
.If anybody has this prog. please I need this badly. If anybody could send me t
his, I would be very thankful. I need the one which can be compiled in Unix or
Vm/esa. anyone know of any ftp sites with such files?

                                                  N.maskey
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 17:19:20 MST
From: <ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject:    188 kg drugs seized

          188 kg Drugs Seized Within 2 Months in Nepal
           ___________________________________________

Kathmandu, September 25, 1992 (Xinhua):

     Nepalese police seized drugs of 188 kilograms including 169 kg
of hemp, 18.6 kg of hashis, 6.4 grams of heroine and 747 grams of
opium in different parts of the country from mid July to mid
September this year.  According to a Home Ministry spokesman,
altogether 73 persons were arrested on charges of drug trafficking.
Among the accused, 17 are foreigners who are from Thailand, the
Netherlands, Iran and India.  The drug dependent persons in the
himalayan kingdom is roughly estimated at 25,000, compared with
only 50 in 1979.  Majority of the addicts are in the age groups 15
to 30.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 14:19:57 EDT
From: <RVU@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: Another Plane lost from the radar in KTM???

I just read on net soc.culture.pakistan that the airbus with 165 passengers
crashed near Kathmandu.  All passengers are presumed dead.  The airliner is
PIA coming from Karachi.

Ganesh Rauniyar
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Monday, 5 Oct 1992 23:01:56 EDT
From: Wenod Naywoar <433CRQA@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: GREETINGS!

Happy Vijaya 1992!
From: CXGR@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CXGR)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: another plane crash near ktm
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:32:01 GMT
Organization: McGill University

Hi netters
I just received a news from Nepal about another plane crash near
Kathmandu. It was PIA's plane heading for ktm. According to my
source about 165 people were on board.
-gorkhali
From: tugrul@interg.com (Tugrul Maganda)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: test please ignore
Date: 28 Sep 1992 16:14:38 -0500
Organization: << Intergraphics, Fresno, CA >>
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

test....
sorry

Bek.
Organization: Central Michigan University
Date: Monday, 5 Oct 1992 22:50:54 EDT
From: Wenod Naywoar <433CRQA@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Greetings !

HAPPY VIJAYA !
From: gunther.neuberger@icsmac4.icsmac.COM (GUNTHER NEUBERGER)
Subject: test sorry
Organization: ICS - Intelligent Computer Solutions for MAC
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 03:43:20 GMT

test sorry...

..Gunther..

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From: mbheprg@hpa.ee.man.ac.uk (Raju Gurung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Re: GENERAL NEWS
Date: 30 Sep 92 11:14:07 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept Manchester University

In article <1992Sep28.195447.3771@arizona.edu>, rana@evax2.engr.arizona.edu (NAME=Vivek S.J.B Rana) writes:
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
	   
	(all the stuff deleted )

Is this the same Vivek Rana that was in Budhanilkantha school, kathmandu ?
I vaguely remember one Vivek Rana in the year above me (i.e. 1973 --??).
I was just wondering. I would quite like to know if there any ex-Budhanilkantha
school students out there, esp those who were there around the same time I was
(1974--1981).

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From: ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Air Disters in Recent Years
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:15:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: ASUACAD.92273.111525ASRPA
Organization: Arizona State University

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                  AIR DISASTERS IN RECENT YEARS
                  ____________________________

Copyright 1992 Reuters, Limited, September  28, 1992,

   The death of 167 people in a Pakistani Airlines (PIA) Airbus 300
plane crash   in  Nepal  Monday marked the second major air
disaster in three days.

   About 180 people also died late Saturday when a Nigerian air
force Hercules  C-130 plunged into a swamp about three minutes
after leaving Lagos's  international airport.

Following is a list of major air disasters in recent years.

   - Aug. 27, 1992 All 75 passengers and seven crew were killed
when a Russian  Tupolev Tu-134 on a domestic flight crashed at
Ivanovo, 150 miles northeast of  Moscow.

   - July 31, 1992 A Yak-42 airliner carrying 116 passengers and 10
crew members  crashed on takeoff from Nanjing airport in east
China, killing 106 of those on  board.

   - July 31, 1992 A Thai airliner with 99 passengers and 14 crew
on board  crashed in remote Himalayan foothills 25 miles north of
Katmandu. All 113 on  board were killed.

   - July 24, 1992 A Vickers Viscount belonging to the private
Indonesian  airline Mandala, crashed into Lalaboy Mountain as it
prepared to land at the  airport on Ambon island, eastern
Indonesia. All 70 people onboard were killed.

   - July 20, 1992 At least 40 people, including about 30
residents, died when a  cargo plane crashed into a suburban area in
the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

   - July 14, 1992 A Yemeni military aircraft crashed in the desert
outside Aden  during a sandstorm, killing all 58 people on board,
Sanaa Radio reported. The  plane was a Soviet-built Antonov.

   - April 16, 1992 55 people were killed and an unknown number
injured when a  Kenyan air force plane crashed into a block of
apartments and exploded in a ball  of fire in the Kaloleni district
of Nairobi. Forty-nine people were killed on  the plane and six in
the apartments.

   - Jan. 20, 1992 An A320 Airbus of the Air Inter airline crashed
in France's  Vosges mountains on a domestic flight from Lyon to
Strasbourg, officials said.  More than 96 passengers and crew were
on board.

   - Oct. 5, 1991 Up to 136 people were killed when an Indonesian
Air Force  Hercules C-130 transport crashed into a building in
Jakarta.

   - July 11, 1991 A chartered DC-8 carrying Nigerian Moslem
pilgrims crashed  during an emergency landing at Jeddah. All 261
aboard were killed.

   - May 26, 1991 An Austrian Lauda-Air Boeing 767-300 bound for
Vienna from  Hong Kong exploded in mid-air after a stopover in
Bangkok and crashed in jungle,  killing 223 people aboard.

   - Oct. 2, 1990 A Chinese Boeing 737, hijacked after it left
Xiamen in  southern China, crashed into two parked aircraft and
exploded when it attempted   to land at Canton. A total of 128
people were killed.
From: ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: Kathmandu Airport
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:13:50 GMT
Organization: Arizona State University

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        Kathmandu difficult airport for landings -- pilot
       __________________________________________________

By Raju Gopalakrishnan, Reuter, September 28, 1992

   Landing at  Nepal's  Kathmandu airport, the scene of two major
crashes in two  months, is difficult because of the steep descent
needed into the Himalayan  valley where it lies, an Indian Airlines
pilot said on Monday.

   A Pakistan Airlines Airbus 300 crashed minutes before it was due
to land at  Kathmandu on Monday, killing all 167 people on board,
officials said.

   A Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 crashed on July 31 after trying
unsuccessfully  to land at the airport. All 113 people on board
were killed.

   The Indian Airlines pilot, who has regularly flown into
Kathmandu, said the  airport was one of four for which the airline
had introduced special procedures.

   "Every captain has to be cleared to fly to Kathmandu twice," he
said,  indicating that a pilot was taken through the landing
procedure twice instead of the usual once before being allowed to
fly to the Nepali capital.

   Other airports in the region for which the airline follows
similar procedures  are the Indian cities of Srinagar and Leh, both
in the Himalayas, and Port Blair  on the hilly Andaman Islands off
India's east coast.

   The pilot said the necessary rate of descent into Kathmandu,
once an aircraft has cleared the surrounding mountains, was about
2,000 feet (600 metres) per minute instead of the usual 600 feet
(180 metres) per minute.

   "It is not a very regular approach. It's quite tricky" said the
pilot, who  asked not to be identified.

   Such landings were not considered a "precision approach" because
the  airport did not have an Instrument Landing System (ILS) or
radar, he said.

   Instead it used a radio beam, which he said, could at best be
called a  "semi-precision approach."

   ILS is said to be unsuitable for Kathmandu airport because of
its  geographical features.

   The cause of Monday's crash was not immediately known but
officials at  Kathmandu airport said the Pakistani plane was flying
about 1,500 feet (450 metres) below the usual altitude of 9,000
feet (2,740 metres).

   Visibility was poor because of a rainstorm.

   It was not known whether the crew had reported any problems
before radio  contact was lost.

   The crew of the Thai Airways plane which crashed in July had
reported  problems and been told by air controllers to turn south.
The plane went north  towards the towering Himalayas instead and
slammed into a mountain ridge.
From: karki_s@a1.mscf.upenn.edu (Sher Karki)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject: listing of email addresses
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:48:53 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.nepal
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

This is my first shot at posting an article in a news group. Does anyone 
know if someone is updating the list of email adresses? 

Sher Karki
Biomedical Graduate Studies
University of Pennsylvania
(215) 387-6153
Karki_s@a1.mscf.upenn.edu
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Monday, 28 Sep 1992 10:05:42 MST
From: <ASRPA@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nepal
Subject:    PIA Airbus Crashes in Kathmandu

          NEPAL  AIR CRASH - `MOST PASSENGERS EUROPEAN'
          _____________________________________________


KATHMANDU (AFX),  September, 28, 1992:

     A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A-300 on a
flight from Karachi to Kathmandu crashed near Bhatte Danda in
Nepal,  killing all 167 people aboard, the home ministry said.

     Airline officials say most of the 155 passengers feared dead
in the plane crash are Europeans, according to an ITN report.