At the very least 18 individuals had been killed when a small aircraft crashed and burst into flames on takeoff Wednesday morning in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, officers stated.
Two crew members and 17 technicians had been on board the aircraft, which was being flown to the town of Pokhara for upkeep checks, airport safety chief Arjun Chand Thakuri stated.
“Solely the captain was rescued alive and is being cared for in a hospital,” Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport spokesman Tej Bahadur Pundial stated.
The Kathmandu Publish newspaper earlier reported that 5 our bodies had been recovered from the crash website. Broadcast tv footage confirmed firefighters attempting to place out the blaze and thick black smoke billowing into the sky.
The aircraft “caught hearth after it veered off the runway at Kathmandu airport and crashed in an space east of the runway,” Thakuri stated.
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In keeping with officers, the airport was briefly closed.
The aircraft belonged to native airline Saurya Airways, in response to Nepali media. It operates home flights in Nepal with two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets, in response to Flight Radar 24.
Nepal has been criticized for low ranges of aviation security, and almost 350 individuals have been killed in aircraft or helicopter crashes within the Himalayan nation since 2000.
The deadliest crash occurred in 1992 when a Pakistan Worldwide Airways Airbus crashed right into a hill on strategy to Kathmandu, killing 167 individuals.
Most not too long ago, at the very least 72 individuals died within the Yeti Airways aircraft crash in January 2023, which was attributed to pilot error.
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