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A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during take-off in the Nepali capital Kathmandu on July 24, 2024. The pilot survived, but 18 others were killed. Eighteen Nepalis and one Yemeni citizen were said to have been aboard the flight. The Saurya Airlines flight, bound for the tourist hub of Pokhara, was carrying two crew and 17 of the company’s staff members, when it reportedly caught fire after skidding off the runway during take-off. Video of the crash shared by Nepal’s military showed the plane’s fuselage split apart and burned to a husk. Nepal has a poor air safety record, with a spate of deadly light plane and helicopter crashes over the decades.
