Nepal plane crash: 18 killed, pilot survives after Saurya Airlines flight catches fire
Kathmandu (PTI): A private airlines' Pokhara-bound plane crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here, killing 18 of the 19 people on board.
The pilot of the Saurya Airlines plane survived the crash and was taken to hospital, officials said. The crash took place when the aircraft veered off the runway and burst into flames.
Footage from the spot showed dramatic scenes of the plane speeding down the runway before a fire broke out with high flames and thick black smoke billowing from the wreckage.
At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the private Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am, sources said.
The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported that 18 bodies have been recovered from the crash site.
“The accident occurred after the Pokhara-bound flight suffered a runway excursion during takeoff,” said TIA Spokesperson Subash Jha.
The Himalayan Times newspaper reported that the plane was only carrying technical staff of the airline.”There were no passengers on board but the plane was carrying few technical staff,” Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at the TIA, said.
The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital, a security official deployed at the airport told PTI without giving further details.
A fire that broke out from the aircraft has been put off, he added. Police and firefighters are carrying out rescue operations at the accident site.
Authorities have shut down the TIA following the plane crash, the MyRepublica news portal reported. Dozens of international and domestic flights have been affected due to the airport closure.
नेपाल के काठमांडू में बड़ा विमान हादसा। नेपाल की राजधानी काठमांडू में एक विमान दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया। हादसे के वक्त विमान में 19 लोग सवार थे। सूर्या एयरलाइंस का विमान था। 5 शव बरामद। #Nepal #PlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/tOqGdPnrJF
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Minor girl out with friend raped in MP forest; truck driver, associate held
Raisen (MP), Nov 24: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager’s male friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.
Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Road, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday evening, he said.
The teenager and her 21-year-old male friend were returning after visiting the Vandevi temple in the area when they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, said Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
At the same time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later identified as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two friends also went inside the forest, where they spotted the girl and her friend.
The trio thrashed the young man and snatched the key of his motorcycle, he said, citing the FIR.
The driver took the girl deep inside the forest and allegedly raped her, while his associates restrained her friend, the official said.
After the three accused left, the girl and the youth walked to the road and alerted some policemen who were passing by.
Police registered a case against Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, while Ahirwar is on the run, the official said.
