KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday (Jul 24), officials said.
Emergency personnel work at the accident site of a Saurya Airlines plane that caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, Nepal , on Jul 24, 2024. KATHMANDU: At least 18 people were killed when a regional passenger plane belonging to Nepal 's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday , officials said.
"Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital," said Tej Bahadur Poudyal, the spokesman for Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. According to Flight Radar 24 flight tracking, Saurya currently operates two CRJ-200 regional jets, a programme that was owned by Canada's Bombardier but which was bought by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020.Bombardier referred questions about the incident to Canada-based MHI RJ Aviation Group , which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Established in 2014, Saurya says on its website that it has introduced the"jet experience" on Nepal's domestic routes and that it flies to five destinations.The deadliest incident occurred in 1992, when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus crashed into a hillside while approaching Kathmandu, killing 167 people.
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