The ill-fated aircraft departed Karachi Airport, Pakistan, at 0613 hours UTC on 28 September 1992 as·Pakistan International Airlines Flight Number PK268, a non-stop service to Kathmandu, Nepal. The accident occurred at 1430 hours local time (0845 hours UTC) when the aircraft struck a mountain during an instrument approach to Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. The impact site was at an altitude of 7280 feet above sea level (2890 feet above airport level), 9.16 nautical miles from the VOR/DME beacon and directly beneath the instrument approach track. An aerial search for the aircraft was conducted shortly after it failed to respond to ATC transmissions. People in a village below the impact area heard but did not see the crash. Later, flames were seen through the mist which enveloped the crash site and the location was reported to the staff of a navigation facility. Rescue services coordinated by the Royal Nepalese Army, the Nepalese Police and the Department of Civil Aviation reached the accident site within three hours but all 167 persons on board had lost their lives in the impact.
