Nepal plane crash: 18 dead, pilot survives as flight skids off runway and catches fire

An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am, sources said. The pilot of the aircraft has been taken to a hospital, a security official deployed at the airport said.