Nepal plane crash: At least 18 people dead at airport in Kathmandu

The pilot appears to be the only survivor of a plane crash in Nepal's capital.
The aircraft crashed during take-off in Kathmandu, killing at least 18 other people on board.
Media are reporting the plane skidded off the runway before bursting into flames. Rescuers put out the blaze.
It crashed just before lunchtime on Wednesday. It was headed to Pokhara city in central Nepal.

Kosh Raj Koirala is the editor of the English language publication Republica Daily.
He says Nepal's aviation industry has a poor safety record.

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[AbA-wkyp]

nepal 2020s airplane crash
2022: one crash, 22 died
2023: one crash, 72 died
2024: one crash, 18 died 1 survived

[rohan-ghosh]

Please say a prayer to the first responders too. The horrors they witness as try help are unimaginable.
God Bless.

[Melbourne-rg]

Useless nepalese govt, never accept for the poor plane system ..

[batissta]

Nepal has a poor aviation safety record and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous countries for air travel.

[tomotsumer]

Nepal have the right to defend against plane crashes

[nirmalhr-rj]

It didn’t skid for god’s sake. It literally fell from sky.

[sunny]

corruptions is the reason of these innocent People who lost their life sadly it will be forgotten with in 5 days

[ramatgan]

Nepal has 14 domestic airlines.
Last year domestic Yeti Airways plane crashed with 72 fatalities.
Clearly their government are not doing their job of maintaining safety standards.

[TravelWithLinAndBilly]

It’s Saurya Airline’s not Saudi airlines. Incompetent as usual!

[yatri]

Nothing is safe in this country
Not youth future nor passenger
Only poor politician is safe on this country

[kevbrown]

No the plane did not skid off runway
It was airborne and clearly stalled because of lack of forward speed .
After that it dropped a wing and augured in
Poor reporting

[samueljacopastoria]

Safety measures are never taken seriously in Nepal Aviation. Always casual like the govt. EU has black listed civil aviation of Nepal. Damm rightly done. Pilots are not to be blamed, they are very experienced and committed. It's the system in Nepal in every field of governance that is so casual and corrupted. Seems like Nepal is cursed with these kind of governments, time and again never ending forever. Sad. Period

[PlanB-]

Our condolences and prayers to the Nepalese people for their loss of lives 😞🙏
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[emmanuelameyaw]

Would there be investigation, would there be accountability? Dumb question.

[minuteofgaming]

Nepal's airport is bumpy and short af

[ashinfinitemiles]

Never get into old planes
Never get into single engine planes

[Passport]

This place has more plane crashes than anywhere else. Really unfortunate for the families that are in pain right now for their love ones. This is so tragic. It has to stop and get better planes and better pilots.

[AlainDupet]

It seems that tragedies like this occur more frequently in Nepal. Could low safety standards and corruption be contributing factors to these disasters?

[atulbesra]

Nepal has no concept of learning from their mistakes. Numerous accidents have taken place in Nepal airports but no lessons have been learnt.

[BrilliantDesignOnline]

Absolute reporting fail. No actual information like aircraft type, that is pretty basic.