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Eighteen people were killed when a small passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said. The ...
Tribhuvan International Airport was temporarily shut down following the disaster, [3] and Saurya Airlines suspended all flights following the accident. [16] Three passengers survived the accident but died later in a hospital. [17] The bodies of the victims were taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu for autopsies. [14]
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
China has loaned Nepal $216 million to build an international airport in Pokhara, the second-largest city about 125 km (80 miles) west of Kathmandu, which began operating last year.
Gautam Buddha International Airport (IATA: BWA, ICAO: VNBW) — also known as Bhairahawa Airport — is an international airport located in Siddharthanagar (formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa) [3] serving Lumbini in Lumbini Province, as well as the Butwalï¹£Siddharthanagar urban agglomeration in Nepal.
This is partly why the European Union, citing "safety concerns", banned air carriers certified in Nepal in 2013. In its latest safety review in 2023, however, the EU recognised the aviation ...
This is a list of airports in Nepal, sorted by location. The oldest of the country's three international airports, and the hub of air services in the country, is Tribhuvan International Airport , which serves the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolitan city of Kathmandu .
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...