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Nepal Plane Crash: Family destroyed in one stroke, wife and son along with crew members also lost their lives
Something happened in Nepal on Wednesday morning which shook the whole country. A plane crash took place at Tribhuvan International Airport here in which 18 people died. The Saurya Airlines plane carrying 19 passengers from Kathmandu to Pokhara met with an accident soon after take off. Another tragic news has come regarding the plane crash. It is reported that three members of the same family have died in this accident. In a statement issued by the airlines, it has been said that flight maintenance staff Manuraj Sharma was traveling in the plane with his wife Prija Khatiwada and four-year-old son Adhiraj Sharma. All three have died in the accident. Out of the people killed in the accident, 17 were staff of Saurya Airlines.
Several videos of the plane crash have been posted on social media. In the video, fire can be seen in the plane and smoke can be seen rising. After the accident, fire engines and ambulances were rushed to the spot. The deceased have been identified as co-pilot S Katuwal and 17 employees of Saurya Airlines, including a Nepali woman and a Yemeni citizen. Pilot Captain Manish Shakya (37) is undergoing treatment at Kathmandu Model Hospital. Officials said that 15 of the people on board the plane died on the spot while three died during treatment at a local hospital. Airport authorities said that services at Kathmandu airport were stopped for a while after the accident but were restored later.
So many people have died
According to the website of Saurya Airlines, the company operates flights to five tourist destinations in Nepal. Its fleet includes three Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft. Nepal has been criticised for its poor air safety record in recent years, but causes of the crashes include human error as well as partly sudden weather changes and runways located in difficult rocky terrain. According to Nepal’s civil aviation body, 914 people have died in air accidents in the country since the first crash in August 1955. In January last year, a Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Pokhara, killing all 72 people on board, including five Indians.
A loud explosion and fire broke out, it was the container…people told what they saw with their own eyes
At least 18 people were killed in a crash after a plane caught fire while taking off from the airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on July 24. The Search and Rescue Center of Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft suffered a runway excursion and immediately caught fire. Fifteen people died on the spot, while three others later succumbed to their injuries in hospital, officials said. Air services in Kathmandu were briefly suspended after the accident but have now resumed.
There could have been a bigger accident
ANI quoted an eyewitness Adesh Lama as saying, “I was working in my garage here in the morning and then I heard a loud sound. We thought a tire had burst but we found out that a plane has crashed. It had hit a container, if it was not for the container, it would have definitely skidded and hit a residential area. The container saved us. It hit the container and fell to the ground and was engulfed in fire. ”
There was a loud explosion, fire broke out
Another eyewitness Krishna Bahadur Thapa told ANI, “I heard a loud explosion, about three to four of us were here. We first thought it was a vehicle accident but it turned out to be a plane that had crashed. The plane slid and stopped, first there was a sound, then smoke came out and then fire engulfed it. I rushed near the place where the plane had crashed and there was an explosion again. ”
Is this the reason for the accident? Let us tell you that according to Flight Radar 24, Saurya operates domestic flights in Nepal with two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets, both about 20 years old. This could also be a reason for the accident. Nepal has been criticized for its poor air safety record, and about 350 people have died in plane or helicopter accidents in the Himalayan country since 2000.
