Right after the take off from Kathmandu bound for Hongkong. The Royal Nepal B757-200 experienced HSI failure followed by ADI, FMC, DME, RMI, Autothrottle and ultimately Autopilot.
For almost 1 hour the aircraft was flown manually with megnetic heading Indicator and some guidance from the Radar control Kathmandu.
The weather was marginal, raining in some places. Initially the crew headed the Aircraft towards New Delhi as it was the take off departure alternate Airport. However when the weather improved at Kathmandu, the crew were able to Land the aircraft back to Kathmandu Airport safely with the help from ATC.
A classic example of Good Crew co-ordination.
