Eighteen people were killed after a plane crash also caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu The pilot, who is currently receiving Nepal Plane Crash g treatment in a hospital, is the only survivor of Wednesday’s fatal accident after being rescued from the burned wreckage. Nepal Plane Crash The saurya airline’s flight was carrying 17 company employees, including, technical staff, as well as two crew members. It was bound for the Himalayan tourism hub of Pokhara in the countrywest. Nepal’s aviation industry has a poor safety record attributed to multiple factors over the years, from unpredictable weather to lax regulations. The flight Nepal Plane Crash, which heading fr Pokhara as part of a routine maintenance check, crashed at about 11:15 local time (05:30), a few minutes after it took off from Tribhuvan International Airport. Police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki told BBC Nepali that the pilot sustained eyes and forehead injuries, but said his life was not in danger. One man inside a nearby shop when the accident occurred said There was a very loud sound, it sounded like maybe a truck had overturned on the road. We ran after we saw ( the crash). The plane hit the ground and caught fire. We were about to run to the site but then there was an explosion so we ran away again. Airport chief Jagannath Niraula told BBC Nepali that the Nepali accident as soon left the ground, in not even a minute, though airport authorities have not been able to confirm the cause of the disaster. However, the head of Tribhuvan International Airport said that an initial assessment showed that the plane had flown in the wrong direction. Footage of the incident showed the tilting plane above the runway before crashing into the ground.
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