A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP
A plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning with 19 people aboard, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported citing an airport official
Anju Khatiwada, the co-pilot aboard the fateful Yeti Airlines -- ATR-72 -- which crashed in Nepal's Pokhara with 72 people, was seconds away from achieving her goal of becoming a captain.
Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.
Nepal suffered its worst air crash in three decades today when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara killing 68 people.
No Bangladeshi passengers were onboard the plane of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara in Nepal with 72 people. .Bikram Gautam, head of Pokhara Regional International Airport, confirmed it to The Daly Star this afternoon.
Here's a quick round-up of all the major stories today.
At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.
The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official said on Tuesday.
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP
A plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning with 19 people aboard, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported citing an airport official
Anju Khatiwada, the co-pilot aboard the fateful Yeti Airlines -- ATR-72 -- which crashed in Nepal's Pokhara with 72 people, was seconds away from achieving her goal of becoming a captain.
Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.
Nepal suffered its worst air crash in three decades today when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara killing 68 people.
No Bangladeshi passengers were onboard the plane of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara in Nepal with 72 people. .Bikram Gautam, head of Pokhara Regional International Airport, confirmed it to The Daly Star this afternoon.
Here's a quick round-up of all the major stories today.
At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.
The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official said on Tuesday.
A Nepalese plane of Tara Air, carrying 22 passengers, crashed in the northwest region of the country yesterday. The Twin Otter aircraft had slammed into a mountain – breaking into pieces. No sign of survivors has yet been reported by the rescuers.
