Eighteen dead after plane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff
The passenger plane crashed while attempting to take off from Kathmandu airport (Picture: AP)
Eighteen people have been killed after a passenger plane burst into flames and crashed into a gorge during takeoff.
The craft, which had 19 people on board, was set to fly from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, to the nearby city of Pokhara.
Only the captain survived the crash, and is being treated in hospital with a head injury, said an airport spokesman.
The crash happened at around 11am local time on Wednesday...
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