Plane With 19 On Board Crashes At Kathmandu airport, Pilot Lone Survivor:

Plane Crashed at Tribhuvan international Airport: The plane burst into flames after it skidded off the runway within minutes of taking off,
The CRJ200 plane, which can seat 50 passengers, did not gain any altitude on takeoff.

The bodies of 18 out of the 19 people on board a Kathmandu flight were recovered after the plane crashed at a nepal airport on Wednesday, the country's civil aviation authority said.The passengers, comprising two crew and 17 of Saurya airlines staff, were on board the Pokhara-bound plane when it caught on fire around 11 am,   The flight was being conducted for either technical or maintenance purposes. The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital, a security official deployed at the airport told news agency PTI.

Firefighters and the nepal army are at the spot. The cause of the fire is not known yet. The Tribhuvan international airport is a tabletop airport located on the top of a plateau surrounded by deep gorges and valleys on all sides. It's among the riskiest airports in the world.
Nepal's air industry has some of the worst air safety records in the world,  plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance. In 2023, a Yeti airlines aircraft crashed on Pokhara killing all 72 people on board, including five Indians.
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S Venkateshwari

24/07/2024 02:24 PM