Fatal Saurya Airlines CRJ200 Crash Leaves Pilot As Sole Survivor

nepal crash

Soon after leaving the ground, the aircraft “veered off to the right and crashed on the east side of the runway,” Nepal's civil aviation regulator says.

Credit: Umesh Karki/AFP/Getty
A Saurya Airlines CRJ200 crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu, Nepal, on July 24, resulting in 18 fatalities. The aircraft, registration 9N-AME, attempted to take off from Runway 02 at Tribhuvan International Airport at 11:11 a.m. local time, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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