Nepal plane crash

Plane crashes in Nepal with 18 dead, pilot sole survivor

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

Plane crashes in Nepal with 19 aboard, several dead

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

Nepal plane crash: Co-pilot lost husband in similar mishap 16yrs ago

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.

Nepal plane crash: Eyewitnesses recount lucky escape

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 plane crash: What aircraft was it?

Nepal suffered its worst air crash in three decades today when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara killing 68 people.

No Bangladeshi casualties reported in Nepal plane crash

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.

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Death toll from Nepal plane crash rises to 68

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.

Nepal plane crash: Bodies of all 22 victims recovered

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.

May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022

21 of 22 bodies recovered from Nepal plane crash site

Nepal authorities on Monday recovered or located the bodies of all but one of 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside on Sunday, officials said, and the government has formed a panel to investigate the incident.

August 27, 2018
August 27, 2018

US-Bangla pilot was mentally stressed, reckless: Nepali probe report

The pilot of the US-Bangla plane that crashed at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport in March, killing 51 people, appears to have lied to the control tower during the landing procedure and was smoking continuously inside the cockpit during the one-hour flight from Dhaka to Kathmandu.

April 13, 2018
April 13, 2018

US-Bangla Crash: Communication inconsistencies found in probe

The committee probing the US-Bangla plane crash found that there were communication inconsistencies between the pilot and the Air

March 29, 2018
March 29, 2018

Probe if there is any flaw in flight safety

A parliamentary body yesterday asked the chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to enquire whether its inspectors

March 27, 2018
March 27, 2018

Nepal Plane Crash Insurance: Each victim may get up to Tk 1.6cr

Families of the victims of US-Bangla plane crash are each entitled to get up to Tk 1.6 crore in compensation from the airlines and its insurers under international aviation laws.

March 25, 2018
March 25, 2018

Nepal Plane Crash: Survivor Kabir to be taken to S'pore

US-Bangla plane crash survivor Kabir Hossain would be taken to Singapore for treatment.

March 23, 2018
March 23, 2018

Nepal Plane Crash: Last three bodies brought to Dhaka

The bodies of the three remaining Bangladeshi victims of the US-Bangla aircraft crash arrived in the capital yesterday.

March 23, 2018
March 23, 2018

Pilot deserves credit: Chhetri

Moments before impact, the pilot of the US-Bangla flight BS211 yanked the Bombardier Dash-8 to miss the Air Traffic Control tower

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