KATHMANDU, JULY 24

An emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers has decided to form a five-member commission to investigate the Saurya Airlines plane crash that occurred on Wednesday morning in Kathmandu.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called for the emergency cabinet meeting following his visit to the crash site at Tribhuvan International Airport to discuss the implications of the incident.

The commission will be led by the former Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Ratishchandra Lal Suman, according to the Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung. The members of the commission include Captain Dipu Jwarchan, Sudip Bhattarai, Sanjay Adhikari, and Mukesh Dangol, who will serve as the member secretary.

The commission has been given 45 days to submit its report.

Similarly, the government has decided to lower the national flag to half-mast tomorrow in mourning for those who died in the plane crash.