Kathmandu, 24 July : A plane belonging to Saurya Airlines crashed at Tribhuvan Inter ational Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday morning, igniting into flames.
According to sources at Tribhuvan International Airport, the aircraft skidded off the runway during takeoff, resulting in an accident. The incident occurred as the plane was departing from Kathmandu to Pokhara.
Nineteen passengers were aboard the ill-fated plane. As this was a test flight, there were no regular passengers. The aircraft, which does not operate regular flights to Pokhara, was carrying 19 people, including its employees and engineers.
Following the accident, the aircraft caught fire, releasing a significant plume of smoke. A team of firefighters and security personnel has been deployed to extinguish the fire on the aircraft due to the accident.
Currently, a team of firefighters and security personnel are working to contain the situation. The plane that crashed during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport was determined to have been built 21 years and 4 months ago.
The aircraft in question is a Bombardier CRJ-200, with a seating capacity of 50 passengers, which was the sixth such aircraft purchased for Nepal. Manufactured by the Canadian company Bombardier in April 2003, details sourced from planesspotters.com indicate its origin.
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