Aircraft Museum Kathmandu

Aircraft Museum Kathmandu is an aviation museum located in Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal.^[1] The museum is inside an Airbus A330-300 of Turkish Airlines that only flew for about eight months before suffering a runway excursion at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu in March 2015.^[2] It was established under a joint initiative by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal^[3] and pilot Bed Upreti and his trust. This museum was officially opened to public on 28 November, 2017.^[4] The museum's exhibits include the aircraft's original cockpit setting, model and miniature aircraft and items documenting the history of Nepalese aviation.^[5] The museum is the second of its kind in Nepal, after Bed Upreti had already set up a similar, yet smaller aviation museum, the Aircraft Museum Dhangadhi in Dhangadhi in Western Nepal. The museum cost around NPRs 70 million.^[6]

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Aircraft Museum Kathmandu

Established	5 November 2017
Location	Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Coordinates	27.694002649010965°N 85.35355971410345°E / 27.694002649010965; 85.35355971410345
Type	Aviation museum
Website	www.aviationmuseumnepal.com

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