Nepal plane crash highlights: Four-year old child among 18 killed in incident

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Television footage captured firefighters battling the blaze as thick black smoke billowed into the sky. Other images revealed the plane flying low above the runway before tilting right and crashing.

Rescue workers were seen examining the charred wreckage scattered across green fields and transporting bodies on stretchers to ambulances.

Kathmandu airport was temporarily closed after the crash but reopened within hours, according to officials.

Flightradar24 indicated that Saurya Airlines operates two CRJ-200 regional jets, a model originally produced by Bombardier, which was acquired by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2020.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Nepal forms a probe committee to investigate today's plane crash at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. A 5-member investigation committee has been formed under the leadership of Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, former Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Prithivi Subba Gurung, the Spokesperson of Government of Nepal confirmed, reports news agency ANI.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: "The pilot has been rescued and is being treated," Nepali police spokesman Dan Bahadur Karki said, reports news agency AFP. "Eighteen bodies have been recovered, including one foreigner. We are in the process of taking them for post-mortem."

The Civil Aviation Authority said the dead foreigner was a Yemeni citizen.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Three members of a family, including a child, were among 18 people killed when a Nepalese plane crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday, reports news agency PTI.

Manu Raj Sharma, a technician of the airline, his wife Priza Khatiwada and their four-year-old son Adhi Raj Sharma, died in the crash, My Republica newspaper reported.

A statement issued by Saurya Airlines said that Priza and her son were initially identified as employees of the company, but it was later revealed that they were passengers.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The aviation authority identified one of the passengers as a child named Adhiraj Sharma, who was the son of Manu Raj Sharma, a technician of Saurya Airlines, reports news agency PTI.

Sharma's wife Priza Khatiwada and their four-year old son Adhiraj died in the crash.

A statement issued by the airline said that Priza and her son were initially identified as employees of the company, but it was later revealed that they were passengers.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Nepal is one of the riskiest countries for flying, given its high altitude and mountainous terrain. Its aviation authority highlighted “runway excursion” as one of the key operation safety risks in its Aviation Safety Report last year, reports news agency Bloomberg.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: A dramatic video clip capturing the exact moment when the Saurya Airlines plane crashed at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport surfaced on social media on Wednesday. The footage shows the Saurya Airlines plane, which was carrying 19 people, engulfed in flames shortly after it skidded off the runway. Dig Deeper

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: An eye-witness of the plane crash in Nepal's Kathmandu, Aadesh Lama says "I was working here at my garage in the morning and then I heard a loud sound. We thought a tyre burst but we came to know that a plane had crashed. It had knocked a container, if it wasn't the container then it surely would have slid down and hit the residential area. The container saved us. It struck the container and came to the ground and got engulfed by fire."

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: In the plane crash in Nepal's Kathmandu, 18 people were killed, including a foreigner, while the pilot survived with major injuries. Of the deceased, 15 died on the spot while three died during treatment at a local hospital, authorities said.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The Kathmandu airport, the main airport serving Nepal, is located inside a valley surrounded by mountains on most sides. It is considered a challenging airport for pilots and bigger planes have to come through an opening on the mountain to land. It is right next to the city. The airport is surrounded by houses and neighborhoods.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The bodies have been taken to the T.U. Teaching Hospital for autopsy.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The airline manifest showed there were two pilots and 17 passengers on board, among them there was only one female, according to Associated Press.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Nepal has a tragic history of air crashes, with nearly 360 fatalities in 19 accidents since 2000.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: 18 of the 19 people aboard the ill-fated Saurya Airlines were killed in the crash, with the pilot being the sole survivor.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport has been closed as emergency crew is working at the accident site.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The Saurya Airlines plane was heading from Kathmandu to the resort town of Pokhara.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: The Saudi Airlines flight, carrying two crew and 17 of the company's staff members for a test flight, had caught fire after skidding on the runway.

Nepal plane crash LIVE updates: At least 18 bodies have been recovered from the site where a Saurya Airlines flight crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu.