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A plane crash in Nepal killed all 18 passengers on board on Wednesday (July 24) and left the pilot injured, police said.
The Saurya Airlines plane crashed during take-off on a test flight from Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu to Pokhara.>
“Eighteen bodies have been recovered, including one foreigner,” police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki told the AFP news agency.
“We are in the process of taking them for post-mortem.”>
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Kathmandu airport general manager Jagannath Niroula told AFP further details were “still being confirmed.”>
Footage of the incident showed a large smoke plume with firefighters at the scene.>
“Rescue work is going on,” Nepal’s military said.>
Nepal’s air safety record
Saurya Airlines operates the Bombardier CRJ 200 regional jet on domestic routes.>
Nepal’s aviation sector has a poor safety record due to insufficient training and maintenance.>
The European Union has banned all Nepali airlines from its airspace.>
This article was first published on DW.