Kathmandu, June 22: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Tarini Datta Chataut today made public the report prepared by the commission constituted to investigate the Necon Air aircraft crash on September 5, 1999.

The aircraft crashed after hitting a telephone tower at Ramkot of Kathmandu while flying in from Pokhara.

Fifteen persons including 10 passengers, five crewmen and one air hostess were killed in the accident.

The report states that the crash was caused from humane error of the pilot and not due to technical snag in the aircraft.

Minister Chataut said the Ministry of Tourism has broken the practice of not making public the reports prepared by commissions constituted to investigate accidents.