nepal plane crash: Nepal plane crash: Aircraft crashes during takeoff at Kathmandu airport

Nepal plane crash: An aircraft belonging to a private airline company crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24 morning. The plane had 19 people on board. The accident occurred around 11 am, as the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane took off.The 19 people on board included the plane’s crew. Rescue operations are currently underway, with police and firefighters at the scene, reports said.

“The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital,” a security official deployed at the airport told news agency PTI without giving further details.

“A fire that broke out from the aircraft has been put off,” the official told the agency.

Details about the condition of the passengers were not immediately known.

This is a developing story, and will be updated as and when more details trickle in.Nepal Plane Crash: A frequent occurrence
In January, a pilot error had led to a fatal plane crash in Nepal killing 72 on board.Nepal, which attracts a lot of tourists, is seeing an aviaition boom as airlines fly to hard-to-reach zones while many foreign mountain climbers also take the planes.

However, the hilly country has seen a number of deadly crashes in recent years that are attributed by experts to insufficient training and mainenance.

Nepal is also known to have some of the trickiest and most remote runways surrounded by snow-covered peaks and turbulent weather.