Nepal's Deadliest Plane Crashes

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18 people have died after a plane crashed in Nepal's capital Kathmandu; the pilot is the sole survivor

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The Saurya Airlines plane - a bombardier CRJ 200 - was carrying two crew and 17 staff members for a test flight

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The plane, en route Pokhara, burst into flames after it skidded off the runway within minutes of take off

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Nepal with some of world's trickiest runways has a sketchy track record on aviation safety

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In January 2023, a Yeti Airlines service crashed while landing at Pokhara, killing all 72 aboard including 5 Indians

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The accident was Nepal's deadliest since 1992, when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane died when it crashed on approach to Kathmandu airport

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Earlier that year a Thai Airways aircraft had crashed near the same airport, killing 113 people

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On July 11, 2023, six people were killed in a helicopter crash in central Nepal

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On March 12, 2018, Fifty-one of 71 people on a Bangladeshi airliner died when it crashed while landing at the airport in Nepal capital

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According to a report, Nepal averages about one flight disaster a year

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