KATHMANDU: Eighteen people, among 19 onboard, were killed in a plane crash at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday (July 24).
Captain Manish Ratna Shakya was the only survivor in the accident.
A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ 200 plane with call sign 9N-AME veered off to the right and crashed on the east side of the runway, shortly after taking off from runway 02 at 11:11 am, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) in a press statement.
The plane had caught fire after the accident.
Among the dead, 17 were Nepalis and one Yemini national named Aref Reda.
Most of them were the employees at Saurya Airlines and were heading towards Pokhara to carry out maintenance works, according to Police.
Here are the photos of the crashed aircraft and the site, taken by New Business Age’s photojournalist Sunil Sharma.
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