Plane crash kills 18 in Nepal

by times news cr

2024-07-27 17:01:57

Tragic incident stains aviation, as a plane belonging to the Nepalese airline that had taken off from the airport of the capital of Nepal had minutes ago, Kathmandu, crashed unexpectedly, leaving a balance of 18 muertos and a survivor.

Authorities who arrived at the scene of the impact rescued 18 corpsesy point out that the lone survivor He was the pilot who was taken to the city’s university hospital for treatment, however his identity was not shared although it was mentioned that he did not have life-threatening injuries.

The Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the airline’s plane Nepali had taken off at 11:11 local time bound for the tourist town of Pokhara.

In videos shared on social networks, the aircraft is seen in full flight when it crashes. violent turn before crashing into the eastern section of the airfield.

For its part, the airline shared that on the flight there were two pilots and 17 passengersincluding only one woman. All the people on board were Nepalese, except for one person whose nationality has not been identified.

The bodies were also transferred to the city’s university hospital for autopsies.

In light of what happened, the Tribhuvan International Airport which serves as the main destination for domestic and international flights, it was closed for emergency teams to carry out investigations and remove debris.

The airport is located in an area surrounded by mountains, which is why it is considered a difficult airfield for pilots, especially those operating large aircraft, having to navigate through an opening in a mountain to land.

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2024-07-27 17:01:57

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