Nepal plane crash leaves at least 18 dead | BBC News

At least 18 people have been killed after a plane crashed while it was taking off from Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.

The pilot, who is currently receiving treatment in hospital, is the only survivor.

Nineteen people were on the Saurya Airlines test flight on Wednesday, including technical staff members of the airline and two crew members.

Airport authorities have not been able to confirm the cause of the accident.

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[wamakaneba]

Over 70 crashes in 80 years, 4 in the last 5yrs... absolutely unacceptable

[Martin_danko]

Lack of compliance with safety. This is why all Nepal airlines are banned by the EU.

[lanzortiz]

Only the captain survive? Wow. The amount of scrutiny he will face for the rest of his life. unimaginable. Rip to the victims.

[Siouri]

I flew domestically in Nepal recently, we landed safely but the flight was terrifying lol. The country suffers from so much corruption that crashes keep happening without accountability.

[jaydibernardo]

Looks like climbing Mt. Everest is safer then flying a Nepal airplane.

[Yukis.aviation]

I saw the yeti airlines crash video on my recommended today. Little did I know that they would be another crash in Nepal. My prayers go to victims 🙏

[anuragjoshi]

Shame on Nepali Aviation Safety professionals to let these events happen again and again, also two buses are missing in a river for more than 12 days with more than 65 people.

[abc-xt]

It's heartbreaking for these victims

[flyc]

“And we can go live to a correspondent in Nepal who will repeat everything I’ve just said.”

[anderslunde]

Damn that is so terryfing…my condolonces to all the families..

[LGLGLGLG]

Imagine waking up and finding out you were the only person out of 19 people to survive. Especially if he was the pilot hes going to feel so guilty for the rest of his entire life.

[shambhugurung]

Because of corrupt beucracy . Nepal can't get rid out of this

[isaaninter]

Test flight !!
My condolences to the families of all the victims. RIP 🖤

[allowmeist]

Airline business should be closed down in this country because it unsafe

[rupacharya]

May God rest the departed souls in peace. Heartfelt condolences to the family of these departed souls.

[robertcornelius]

The authorities will blame it on Pilot error. They always do.

[DanielAdisi-pswq]

Condolences to all the families. So sad

[MarkusAudio]

What is going wrong with Nepal airlines? Very worrying.

[AlainDupet]

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

[BigBoss-x]

The landlocked country of Nepal always got something going on like landslides plane crashes something