■The unfortunate incidents had been captured just before the incidents by other travellers.
May god bless the souls of all deceased.#Nepal pic.twitter.com/zCbByuy6Yh
— Manu (@mshahi0024) July 24, 2024
18 people were killed after a passenger plane caught fire and crashed into a riverbed during takeoff from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to the nearby city of Pokhara. There were 19 people on board, but only the captain survived the crash, and he is now being treated in hospital with a head injury, an airport spokesman said.
The crash happened today around 11:00 a.m. local time, the Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying two crew members and 17 technicians to the city of Pokhara to repair another plane, officials said, noting that 18 bodies were found at the scene. Eyewitness reports say that the plane took off from the southern end of the runway and suddenly overturned when the tip of the wing hit the ground. The plane caught fire immediately and then plunged into a ravine on the east side of the runway.
A passenger plane operated by Nepal’s Saurya Airlines crashed at the airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, killing all 19 people on board, including the crew. pic.twitter.com/dzSU5l6TX9
— nhaTOT (@360nhatot) July 24, 2024
#Nepal: A Saurya Airlines aircraft skidded off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in #Kathmandu on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. The pilot survived the incident, according to media reports and officials. pic.twitter.com/9xSg774Cjr
— Beats in Brief (@beatsinbrief) July 24, 2024
#BreakingNews : Very sad plane accident in Nepal..
Of Nepal #KathmanduA Saurya Airlines plane crashed while taking off from Tribhuvan International Airport in ,.
There were 19 people on board the plane, 18 have died so far.#PlaneCrash #Nepal #NepalPlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/vxjrPotDEg
— Girish Chandra Pandey (@GirishC86267368) July 24, 2024
Police and firefighters are still on the scene carrying out rescue operations, and heavy smoke can be seen at the airport. Tribhuvan International Airport, Nepal’s main hub for international and domestic flights, was closed while emergency crews worked. It is monsoon season in Kathmandu but according to meteorologists it was not raining at the time of the crash, but visibility was low across the capital.
Rescuers have been rescued Captain Manish Shakya from the crash site at Kathmandu Airport and immediate sent to KMC hospital for further treatment. I wish him a speedy recovery. #Nepal #SauryaAirlines #CRJ200 #Crash #18Dead #4Rescued #KathmanduAirport
Photo : @NepalPoliceHQ pic.twitter.com/KFr9salukH
— Sushil Bhattarai (@sushbhattarai) July 24, 2024
On January 15 last year, 72 people were killed when a twin-engine ATR 72-500 operated by Yeti Airlines plunged into a riverbed while approaching Pokhara International Airport in the foothills of the Himalayas. The crash site was located about 1.6 kilometers from the track, at an altitude of about 820 meters. Investigators later revealed that the pilots accidentally cut off the power, causing the crash that killed everyone on board. It was Nepal’s deadliest air crash since 1992, when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside near Kathmandu, killing all 167 people on board.