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Home World Plane crashes during takeoff in Nepal, killing at least 18 24-07-2024 12:03 PM Ammon News - At least 18 people were killed after a small plane skidded off the runway in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, according to local officials. One person survived the Saurya Airlines crash, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. All aboard - 18 Nepalis and a Yemeni citizen - were employees of the carrier, according to police. Images from Nepal police showed thick smoke billowing from the burning aircraft on the the airport runway. The aircraft crashed during takeoff from Kathmandu to the city of Pokhara around 11 a.m. local time, Gyanendra Bhul, an information officer at Tribhuvan International Airport told CNN. The plane was en route for technical maintenance, he added. “Rescue efforts were started immediately and the situation was brought under control,” the aviation authority said. CNN

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Plane crashes during takeoff in Nepal, killing at least 18

24-07-2024 12:03 PM

Ammon News - At least 18 people were killed after a small plane skidded off the runway in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday, according to local officials.

One person survived the Saurya Airlines crash, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. All aboard - 18 Nepalis and a Yemeni citizen - were employees of the carrier, according to police.

Images from Nepal police showed thick smoke billowing from the burning aircraft on the the airport runway.

The aircraft crashed during takeoff from Kathmandu to the city of Pokhara around 11 a.m. local time, Gyanendra Bhul, an information officer at Tribhuvan International Airport told CNN.

The plane was en route for technical maintenance, he added.

“Rescue efforts were started immediately and the situation was brought under control,” the aviation authority said.

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