KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday (Jul 24), officials said. The plane was carrying two crew members and 17 technicians to Pokhara city to repair another aircraft, officials said.
Emergency personnel work at the accident site of a Saurya Airlines plane that caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, Nepal , on Jul 24, 2024. KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal 's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday , officials said.
"Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital," said Tej Bahadur Poudyal, the spokesman for Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. Emergency services work at the accident site of a Saurya Airlines plane that caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Jul 24, 2024.
Nepal has been criticised for a poor air safety record, and nearly 350 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in the Himalayan country since 2000.
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