Buddha Air plane crashes in Lalitpur; 10 Indians among 19 dead

Kathmandu: An aircraft owned by Buddha air crashed while returning from a mountain flight to Tribhuvan International Airport on Sunday at Kotdanda near Godavari on the north-eastern outskirts of Kathmandu Valley.
While preparing to land, the 9N-AEK1900 aircraft had lost its communication with the airport from 7:31 am this morning.
"10 Indian nationals, six Europeans and three Nepalis as crew members were on board,” confirmed a source from TIA.
According to Buddha Air, "16 were foreigners and JD Tamrakar was the captain of the plane."
Among 14 Indian passengers inside the ill-fated craft, at least eight are said to be from Tamilnadu of India. Asmita Shrestha, air-hostess of 9NAE K1900 aircraft also couldn't escape the tragedy.It has been learnt that Captain JD Tamrakar is the son of the former minister Ramkrishna Tamrakar aligned to Nepali Congress.
According to police deployed in rescue operation, 17 bodies have been found and the lone survivor of the tragedy who was being taken to the nearest B&B Hospital at Gwarko, died on the way.
25/09/11 The Himalayan Times

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