A Saurya Airlines aircraft, with 19 people onboard, crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
The flight skid off the runway and crashed at the Ribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am. The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital, a security official deployed at the airport. A fire broke out from the aircraft has been put off, he added.
Police and firefighters are carrying out rescue operations at the accident site. Details about the condition of the passengers were not known.
In an update, the Tribhuvan International Airport said that 18 dead bodies were recovered from the site and only 1 person survived the crash. The TIA said “CRJ7 (Reg-9NAME) of Sourya Airlines took off from Kathmandu at 11:11 am local time during the flight to Pokhara, turned right and crashed at a place on the east side of the runway. It is reported that the fire was brought under control and the rescue work was started immediately. The dead bodies of 18 people were recovered and 1 injured person was rescued and taken to the hospital.”
Earlier, the Nepal Police informed that 15 bodies were recovered from the crash site. All of the passengers were staff members of the Saurya Airlines. The aircraft was being taken to Pokhara for maintenance.
The pilot, 37-year-old Manish Shakya was rescued from the plane and was rushed to the KMC Hospital in Sinamangal. The plane 9N-AME (CRJ 200) was only carrying technical staff of the airline, with no passengers on board. Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at TIA, confirmed that the plane was carrying a few technical staff members.
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