How did the plane crash happen in Nepal – eyewitness account
At least 18 people were killed in a crash after a plane caught fire while taking off from the airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on July 24 today. The Search and Rescue Center of Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft suffered a runway excursion and immediately caught fire. Fifteen people died on the spot, while three others later succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, officials said. Air services in Kathmandu were briefly suspended after the accident but have resumed now.
A bigger accident could have happened
ANI quoted an eyewitness Adesh Lama as saying, “I was working in my garage here in the morning and then I heard a loud noise. We thought a tyre had burst but we realised that a plane had crashed. It had hit a container, if it was not for the container, it would have definitely skidded and hit a residential area. The container saved us. It hit the container and fell to the ground and was engulfed in fire.”
There was a loud explosion and a fire broke out
Another eyewitness Krishna Bahadur Thapa told ANI, “I heard a loud explosion, there were about three to four of us here. We first thought it was a vehicle accident but it turned out to be a plane that had crashed. The plane skidded and stopped, first there was a sound, then smoke and then fire. I reached the spot where the plane had crashed and there was an explosion again.”
This is not the reason for the accident
Let us tell you that according to Flight Radar 24, Saurya operates domestic flights in Nepal with two Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets, both about 20 years old. This could also be a reason for the accident. Nepal has been criticized for its poor air safety record, and about 350 people have died in plane or helicopter accidents in the Himalayan country since 2000.
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