Rescue workers have pulled out 18 bodies out of a plane that caught fire at Tribhuvan International Airport in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
There were a total of 19 people aboard the plane. The flight captain survived and was taken to the hospital.
The Nepalese air carrier Saurya Airlines’ Bombardier CRJ200 plane en route from Kathmandu to Pokhara skidded off the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport at 11:00 a.m. local time (5:15 a.m. GMT) on Wednesday.
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At least 18 people were killed when a small plane crashed and caught fire while it was taking off from Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said.
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"Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital," said Tej Bahadur Poudyal, the spokesman for Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.