A private airline plane carrying 19 people crashed on Wednesday morning while taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. So far 15 people have died in this accident.
नेपाल में टेकऑफ के दौरान विमान दुर्घटनाग्रस्त, 18 लोगों की मौत, पायलट गंभीर, 19 लोग थे सवार
There is news of an accident in Nepal. A private airline plane carrying 19 people crashed on Wednesday morning while taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. So far 18 people have died in this accident.
The plane took off from Tribhuvan Airport at around 11 am. It crashed shortly after this. The 9N-AME plane belonged to Saurya Airlines. Of the people killed in the accident, 17 were staff of Saurya Airlines, while the remaining 2 were crew members.
According to Kathmandu Post, immediately after the accident, police and fire fighters team reached the spot for rescue operation. According to news agency PTI, a security officer said that after the crash, the plane caught fire. It was extinguished immediately.
Pictures from the spot show smoke rising. However, the reason for the accident has not been revealed yet.
Eyewitnesses said – there was a jolt as soon as it took off, then it crashed
Eyewitnesses present at the spot while talking to Kathmandu Post said, “The plane was taking off from the southern end of the runway. Suddenly it jolted and caught fire. After this, it fell into a pit between the Buddha Air Hangar and the radar station on the eastern side of the runway.”
According to the website of Saurya Airlines, the company operates flights to 5 places in Nepal. They have 3 Bombardier CRJ-200 jets. The crashed plane was built in 2003.
12 plane accidents occurred in Nepal in 14 years
The air industry in Nepal has developed a lot in the last few years. It is also providing services in many difficult and mountainous areas. However, accidents happen here often due to poor security system and lack of training.
An average of one plane accident occurs every year in Nepal. Since 2010, 12 planes have crashed. A major plane accident occurred here on 14 January 2023. The Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Pokhara, 205 km from Kathmandu. It was an ATR-72 plane, carrying 68 passengers and four crew members.
The plane collided with a hill just 10 seconds before landing at Pokhara International Airport. This caused the plane to catch fire and fall into a ditch. All 72 people died in the accident. Earlier, on 29 May 2022, an airplane crashed in Mustang district. 22 people died in this accident.
At the same time, in 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed near Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu. 51 people died in this, while 20 were seriously injured. Seeing the frequent plane accidents in Nepal, the European Union has banned Nepalese carriers in its airspace.
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