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19 killed as Buddha Air plane crashes in Kathmandu Valley
Added At: 2011-09-25 8:53 AM
Last Updated At: 2011-09-25 5:06 PM
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KATHMANDU: An aircraft owned by the Buddha Air crashed at Kotdanda near Godavari on the north-eastern outskirts of Kathmandu Valley while returning from a mountain flight to Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday morning, killing all 19 people on board.
The 9NAE K1900 aircraft lost its communication with the airport from 7:31 am this morning while preparing to land.
There were 10 Indian nationals—at least eight of them the state of Tamilnadu, six Nepalis including three crew members, two Americans and apparently one Japanese on board the small aircraft.
Earlier it was reported that there were 16 foreigners including six Europeans.
Captain JB Tamrakar, who is said to be the son of Nepali Congress leader and former minister Ram Krishna Tamrakar, was the pilot and Padma Adhikari his assistant, while Asmita Shrestha was the air hostess.
Names of Buddha Air plane crash victims
According to police deployed in rescue operation, 18 bodies were found scattered in and around the incident site, while person was found alive. Nirajan Karmacharya, the lone survivor, however, succumbed to his injuries at the nearest B&B Hospital, where he was rushed to for treatment.
Earlier, Superintendent of Police Bhog Bahadur Thapa had told a local television channel that weather condition affected rescue operation.
Chiranjeevi Acharya, a local, told another television station that locals and police personnel were involved in the rescue, before a Nepal Army team reached the crash site.
All the bodies were collected and airlifted to the Tribhuvan International Airport in the afternoon. The bodies have been sent to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) for autopsy.
It has been reported that the investigators have discovered the black box of the ill-fated plane at the crash site later in the afternoon.
The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation has constituted a three-member probe commission to investigate into the plane crash.
The Buddha Air said it was the first fatal crash of its passenger aircraft.
(Updated)
Comments9
Posted on: 2011-09-27 22:32:43
It was sad to hear this kind of tragedies which was a result of human error and bad civil aviation regulations. NO innocent human being's life should be put at risk becase of this idiots running the airline. BUDDHA AIR should be banned from flying for the time being while civil aviation should look into its servicing records and pilot training records.Safety should be top priority. mikes, melbourne
Posted on: 2011-09-26 17:36:29
verry sad news... but it never hapens in case of buddha air... may god rest their soul in heaven ranjit prajapati, bangalore
Posted on: 2011-09-25 17:11:07
rest in peace........for all 19 who lost their life this morning junu shrestha, banepa
Posted on: 2011-09-25 16:36:01
19 persons killed as Buddha Air plane crashes in LALITPUR VALLY not in kathmandu vally Rebika Maharjan, Lalitpur
Posted on: 2011-09-25 11:25:53
The news and comments i've heard since this morning is that of nirjan karmcharey ? who's ultimate survival story was brought to an end due to negligence from nepali police force.He is dead because of nepali police who were busy interrogating and taking notes while its a accident for god sake where is all that humanity and mankind and so called the ethics protect to serve gone...I've seen these sort of negligence repeating time after time!!! i Anil Rawal, Kathmandu
Posted on: 2011-09-25 11:17:37
Rest in peace in heaven. Very very sad news. Nuru sherpa, Chabahil ktm
Posted on: 2011-09-25 10:19:08
May their soul rest in peace in Heaven.. Samjhana Paudel, Pokhara
Posted on: 2011-09-25 09:54:20
I am a very frequent flyer on domestic airlines, not on mountain flights. WHY the pilots have a habbit to fly extremely low of the the hill ridges ? For the past month I was flying 4 times to Lukla and am each time surprised how low the pilots fly over Lamjura ridge. There is ALWAYS turbulance there. Maybe the next crash ??? Nico Smeets, Baluwathar
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Posted on: 2011-10-09 08:50:45
Who's taking the moral responsibility? A Maoist MP visited one victim's family and promised to call back that evening to have the Managing Director Birendra Basnet of Buddha air to reach the victim's family to no avail. When such trust can be easily betrayed by politicians, and on such event, Buddha air is quite means, Nepal is going down. No wonder there is a brain drain. Buddha air has received US$60 million through insurance in London. Their total asset is US$30 million. They just doubled their asset through the accident. Accident in Nepal is a big business. I urge all tourist to boycott Buddha air and Nepal if possible. Human Being, Philadelphia, USA