Air Crash In Nepal Kills 11
Nepal saw its second aviation tragedy in a week on Friday after a single-engine plane went down, killing 11 aboard.
According to The New York Times, the Air Kasthamandap plane was headed for Jumla district in the north-western Nepal. The plane crashed after it tried to make an emergency landing due to technical reasons. Eyewitnesses reportedly said that the plane steeply descended and crashed in a remote mountainous area of Kalikot district.
A blog post about the incident pointed out that passengers were injured after the crash but could have died later.
"He was in constant pain after the accident," one rescuer said about co-pilot Santosh Rana, according to the Nepali Times post. "We did all we could but couldn't save him. Maybe he could have been saved if we had reached the site of accident on time."
The pilot Dinesh Neupane reportedly told the passengers before crash that the pilots would ensure the safety of passengers even if it cost them their lives.
CNN reported that rescue workers retrieved bodies of the dead, nine passengers and two pilots. Friday's crash occurred about 100 miles away from another crash that occurred on Wednesday, killing 23. The crash was attributed to poor weather.
Wednesday's crash came about 20 minutes into the flight. Among those killed were a Kuwaiti and Chinese, USA Today reports. Officials did not blame the weather for Friday's crash.
