Not less than 18 folks have been confirmed useless following the crash of a passenger aircraft in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, AFP reported.
The small aircraft crashed on takeoff with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage, however all 18 others aboard had been killed, police within the Nepali capital instructed AFP.
The aircraft was carrying two crew members and 17 technicians to Pokhara metropolis to restore one other plane, when the incident occurred.
“Solely the captain was rescued alive and is receiving therapy at a hospital,” stated Tej Bahadur Poudyal, the spokesman for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan Worldwide Airport.
Tv visuals confirmed firefighters attempting to place out the blaze and thick black smoke rising into the sky.
Additionally they confirmed the aircraft flying a little bit above the runway after which tilting earlier than it crashed.
Different visuals confirmed rescue employees rummaging by the charred stays of the aircraft, strewn in lush inexperienced fields.
Our bodies had been carried to ambulances on stretchers as residents appeared on, the tv confirmed.
The aircraft was a Bombardier, officers stated, and media reported it belonged to native Saurya Airways.
Official additionally added that the airport has been quickly closed.
Saurya operates home flights in Nepal with two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets, each round 20 years previous, based on Flight Radar 24.
Nepal has been criticised for a poor air security document, and almost 350 folks have died in aircraft or helicopter crashes within the Himalayan nation since 2000.
The deadliest incident occurred in 1992, when a Pakistan Worldwide Airways Airbus crashed right into a hillside whereas approaching Kathmandu, killing 167 folks.
Most not too long ago, a minimum of 72 folks had been killed in a Yeti Airways crash in January 2023 that was later attributed to the pilots mistakenly chopping off energy.
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