Nepal’s Fishtail Air adds an AS350B3+
Source: Fishtail Air, 19-Apr-13
Fishtail Air’s newest helicopter commenced its first commercial flight on 11th April, 2013! The AS 350 B3+ single-engine light helicopter had arrived in Nepal on 29th March after having left Italy on 18th March 2013. Registered I-VIEW, the helicopter is fitted with 5+1 passenger seat version and is constantly ready to undertake real challenges and [...]
Fishtail Air achieve long-line vertical-face rescue at 6,380m altitude
Source: Fishtail Air, 25-May-12
Our Italian duo of rescue experts Capt. Piergiorgio Rosati and Capt. (Mountain climber) Simone Moro rescued the dead body of a Ukrainian man whose body has been stuck at Tengkangpoche about 18 months using the longline from our B3 helicopter. The Ukrainian climber had been climbing the Tengkangpoche peak 18 months ago with his female [...]
24-Mar-12 9N-AKA Eurocopter AS350B2 Dhorpatan, Nepal
24-Mar-12
Tail rotor suffered minor damage after it stuck the ground while attempting to take off
Fishtail Air adds Eurocopter AS350B2 from Italy
Source: Fishtail Air, 14-Mar-12
Our team of Capt. Ashish, Capt. Mukhiya and Col. O.P. Shrestha left for Singapore to fly our AS 350 B2 Helicopter 9N-AKA to Nepal. Our latest addition to the fleet had been bought from Italy from where it had been shipped to Singapore. They will ferry the helicopter from Singapore for Nepal on the 14th [...]
Fishtail Air adds AS350B2 with another B3 to follow
Source: HeliHub.com, 26-Feb-12
Nepalese operator Fishtail Air has announced that their AS350B3 9N-AJI has returned to their fleet after an extended period of mainteannce. The company has also added Eurocopter AS350B2 9N-AKA, which they expect to have in operation by mid March. A further new AS350B3 is expected to arrive this week as well. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com
Fishtail Air considers AW119 purchase
Source: Fishtail Air, 27-Dec-11
With evident rising significance of the Nepalese Tourism Industry in the year 2011, we expect higher arrivals in 2012. Increasing visits and activities shall increase demand of helicopter operations in the Mountaineering seasons of 2012. High performance helicopters have always been an asset of safety assurance and thereby promotion of mountaineering in Nepal. Fishtail Air [...]
29-Nov-11 9N-AIK Eurocopter AS350 Lubuche, Nepal
29-Nov-11
Helicopter was taking off at Lubuche when it suffered damage to the tail boom/rotor. All 3 occupants safe
07-Nov-11 Eurocopter AS350 Tudikhel, Nepal
07-Nov-11
Emergency landing made due to tail rotor problems
02-Nov-11 9N-AIK Eurocopter AS350B Tanahun, Nepal
02-Nov-11
Landing made prior to arriving at intended destination due to weather. Intended routing was Kathmandu from Pokhara
06-Jul-11 9N-AIW Eurocopter AS350B2 Rangeli, Nepal
06-Jul-11
Tail damaged in force landing on river bank after “technical problems”. Wrongly quoted in some reports as 9N-AWI. Three Japanese and two Nepali passengers and the Australian pilot are safe
Pilots to blame for Fishtail Air crash in November
10-Jan-11
The report said that the main cause of the accident was the inability of pilots to notice and arrest the lateral drift of the chopper to its left due to lack of ground reference until the main rotors came into contact. See HeliHub.com page at 07-Nov-10 9N-AIX Eurocopter AS350 Solukhumbu, Nepal (2F)
07-Nov-10 9N-AIX Eurocopter AS350 Solukhumbu, Nepal (2F)
07-Nov-10
Two crewmembers, Captain Sabin Basnet and Engineer Purna Awale, have been killed in the crash.
AFS supports high-altitude operators in Nepal
Source: Donaldson, 16-Aug-10
Inlet Barrier Filters (IBF) from Aerospace Filtration Systems, Inc. (AFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI) and a division of the Aerospace & Defense group, are enhancing the safety and effectiveness of helicopter operations in one of the world’s most difficult and extreme flying environments. Both Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, important [...]
Fishtail Air AS350B3 performs world’s highest-altitude longline rescue
Source: Eurocopter, 01-Jun-10
A record-breaking aerial rescue on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna has underscored the performance capabilities of Eurocopter’s AS350 Ecureuil helicopter in extreme conditions – including the most challenging high-altitude operations. Three Spanish mountain climbers were successfully airlifted by the Fishtail Air AS350 B3 from a 6,900 meter-high location using the “longline” technique, in which a rescuer is [...]
Fishtail Air introduces advance Alpine Rescue System
Source: Nepal News, 28-May-10
Swiss operator Air Zermatt has helped Nepal’s Fishtail Air to develop and establish an Alpine Rescue System by helping them with technology and trainings
Fishtail Air takes delivery of new AS350B3 at Kathmandu base
Source: Republica, 02-Mar-10
Fishtail Air now has five helicopters — a Bell 206 BIII Jet Ranger, an AS350 B and AS350 B2 and two AS350 B3s.
