Plane slips off runway and crashes at Nepal airport

By AAP Newswire

Jul 24, 2024

A domestic plane with 19 people on board has slipped off the runway and crashed while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal's capital.

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It was not clear how it slipped on Wednesday or the status of the people on board.

The Saurya Airlines plane was heading from Kathmandu to the resort town of Pokhara.

Local media images showed smoke rising and plane wreckage scattered all over a ditch.

A fire has been brought under control.

Tribhuvan International Airport, the main airport in Nepal for international and domestic flights, has been closed as emergency crew worked.

It is monsoon season in Kathmandu but was not raining at the time of the crash.

Visibility was low across the capital, however.

Saurya Airlines operates the Bombardier CRJ 200 on domestic routes.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press

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