The plane, carrying two crew members and 17 technicians, was going for regular maintenance to Nepal's new Pokhara airport, which opened in January and is equipped with aircraft maintenance hangars.
In yet another aviation accident, at least 18 people were killed as a Saurya Airlines plane skidded off the runway of the risky Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and crashed on Wednesday. The incident has brought attention back to Nepal's poor air safety record.
The CRJ200 aircraft belonging to the domestic Saurya Airlines skidded off the runway and crashed on Wednesday morning at Kathmandu Airport. Only the pilot managed to survive the accident as 18 out of 19 passengers were killed in the crash.
The plane skidded off the runway during takeoff in Kathmandu and crashed at the airport, as per officials and media. At least 18 casualties have been reported after the crash site while the pilot has been rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
The plane was carrying a few technical staff, according to Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). The plane skidded off the runway during takeoff in Kathmandu and crashed at the airport.
Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli secured 188 votes in favor in the House of Representatives, exceeding the required majority to win the vote of confidence.
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered a total of 19 bodies up to now, which includes four Indians. The tragic incident occurred when two buses were swept into a swollen river following a landslide in the Chitwan district last week.
Oli, who heads the moderate Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), was administered the oath of office by President Ramchandra Paudel, three days after his predecessor Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost a parliamentary vote of confidence.
On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended congratulations to K P Sharma Oli, leader of Nepal's largest communist party, following his reappointment as Nepal's Prime Minister for a fourth consecutive term on Sunday.
Oli is set to return to power for the fourth time after striking a late-night coalition deal with the Nepali Congress to oust Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' from power. Prachanda lost his vote of confidence in the Parliament on Friday, gaining only 63 votes in the 275-member House.
Rescuers resumed search operations on Saturday for over 50 missing people in Nepal in two passenger buses that were swept away by a massive landslide on Friday. Earlier, it was reported that seven Indian nationals were aboard the buses, all of them feared killed in the incident.
The two buses carrying 65 passengers, including seven Indians, plunged into the rain-swollen river after being swept away by a landslide in the Simaltal area along the Narayanghat-Mugling road in Chitwan district. Search efforts were hampered by heavy rains in the area and stopped after nightfall.
Oli's return to power came through an overnight coalition deal struck with the Nepali Congress led by Sher Bahadur Deuba, after which he withdrew support from Prachanda's ruling government. Prachanda lost the vote of confidence on Friday, his fifth attempt, by securing only 63 votes.
Former PMs KP Sharma Oli and Sher Bahadur Deuba forged a midnight coalition deal on July 1 to oust Prachanda from power. However, Prachanda refused to resign and called for another vote of confidence that he was expected to lose as his CPN-Maoist Centre does not have the required numbers.
This would be Prachanda's fifth vote of confidence in his 17 months of power in the politically fragile Nepal, which has seen 13 governments in the last 16 years. Former PMs KP Sharma Oli and Sher Bahadur Deuba forged a midnight coalition deal on July 1 to oust Prachanda from power.
The two buses carrying 65 passengers went missing in the Trishuli River in the landslides at the Simaltal area along the Narayanghat-Mugling road in the Chitwan district. Three passengers managed to escape by jumping out of one of the ill-fated vehicles, as per local reports.
Nepal landslide: At least 74 people have died and 80 others injured in rain-related incidents across Nepal over the past four weeks since the onset of the monsoon season.
India has been making concerted efforts to make BIMSTEC a vibrant forum for regional cooperation as initiatives under SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) were not moving forward for a variety of reasons.
According to Labour Minister Dol Prasad Aryal addressing the National State Assembly, at least 47 people lost their lives due to heavy monsoon rains in Nepal. He stated that four fatalities were attributed to floods triggered by the monsoon, while landslides claimed the lives of 24 individuals.
The Nepali Congress and CPN-UML parties led by former PMs KP Sharma Oli and Sher Bahadur Deuba struck a midnight power-sharing deal to oust Prachanda from power. As per the deal, Oli will serve as PM of the new government for 1.5 years while Deuba will take the reins for the remaining term.
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