(24 Jul 2024)
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Kathmandu, Nepal – 24 July 2024
1. Army and police investigators at the crash site
2. People gathering to watch the crash site from across the street
3. Various of people gathered
4. Wide of the crash site as seen from across main road
5. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Ram Kumar Khatri Chetri, witness:
“I came out and saw a plane had crashed and there was huge plume of smoke and fire coming out. There was chaos and confusion. We all got nervous and it was natural for us to get nervous after such a big plane had crashed right next to us. It was just horrible and there was no way that anyone could just go near the plane and help out when there was so much fire and even explosions.”
6. Exterior of the hospital where the bodies had been taken to, grieving relatives of those killed in crash
7. Mid of relative of plane crash victim speaking to media
8. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Dhyan Bahadur Khadka, relative of killed co-pilot:
“He was not really looking forward to flying today but he was assigned by the company to fly. He had just got the news about his visa (to Germany for further training) and was in the mood to prepare for his trip.”
9. Sign board at the hospital
10. Various of relatives
11. Police officers guarding the hospital building
12. Wide of the relatives outside the hospital
STORYLINE:
A plane crashed on Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor.
All the people aboard the Saurya Airlines flight including the co-pilot were Nepali except for one passenger, who was a Yemeni national, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said.
Authorities have pulled all 18 bodies from the wreckage, police official Basanta Rajauri said.
The Bombardier CRJ 200 plane was heading to Nepal’s second-most populous city of Pokhara for maintenance work and most of the passengers aboard were either mechanics or airline employees, airport officials said.
They were speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.
The pilot has injuries to his eyes but his life is not in any danger, said a doctor at Kathmandu Medical College Hospital, where the pilot is being treated.
The doctor spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak to reporters.
The plane took off from the Kathmandu airport at 11:11 a.m. local time and turned right but crashed moments later in the eastern section of the airport, the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
“I came out and saw a plane had crashed and there was huge plume of smoke and fire coming out," said Ram Kumar Khatri Chetri, who own a car parts store barely 100 meters (330 feet) from the crash site. "There was chaos and confusion.”
“It was just horrible and there was no way that anyone could just go near the plane and help out when there was so much fire and even explosions,” he said.
The bodies have been taken to the T.U. Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu for autopsy.
The airline manifest showed there were two pilots and 17 passengers on board.
Grieving relatives gathered at the hospital forensics department to collect the bodies of their loved ones, though they are not likely to be released for a day or two.
The co-pilot Sasant Katuwal had been flying only for the past three years after completing training in France, his uncle Dhyan Bahadur Khadka said at the hospital.
He had just received a visa to go to Germany for further training and was excited about that, Khadka said.
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