A plane belonging to Private Airlines of Nepal Agni Air crashed Monday morning in Jomsom in northwestern Nepal, killing 15 while 6 others surviving the crash, Nepal Army confirmed. Reports suggest that the plane crashed after it slammed into a hill close to Jomsom near Mount Annapurna.
Ramindra Chettri, Nepal Army spokesperson, told Media that 15 bodies have been recovered and six people who were rescued are undergoing treatment at hospital in Pokhara."A Nepal Army MI-17 helicopter has flown to the crash site to bring the bodies to the capital," Chettri said.He added that there were 3 crew members and 18 foreign passengers including 16 Indians on board. According to reports, Fifteen people have been killed. Thirteen of them were Indian tourists and the other two were Nepali pilots. There are six survivors, among them one Nepali air hostess
The Jomsom Airport, about 200 km northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, is a gateway to a popular tourist and trekking destination along with pilgrimage for the Hindus. The plane was about to land at Jomsom airport as It hit a muddy slope and the plane is now buried in the side of the hill The passengers had chartered the flight to take them from the central tourist hub of Pokhara to Muktinath, a sacred place for Hindus and Buddhists at the foot of the Thorong La Himalayan mountain pass, said Rajendra Singh Bhandari, Nepal police regional spokesman.
A Nepal army barracks was near the accident site which made the rescue of survivors easierAgni Air marketing manager Pramod Pandey said two Danish nationals were among the passengers, although their condition was not known.
The crash was the second deadly air accident for Agni Air in less than two years. In August 2010 one of the private carrier's Everest-bound planes crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu, killing all 14 people on board, including four Americans, a Japanese and a British national. Air travel is popular in Nepal, which has only a very limited road network. Many communities, particularly in the mountains and hills, are accessible only on foot or by air. Aviation accidents are relatively common, particularly during the summer monsoon, when visibility is usually at its worst.
Ramindra Chettri, Nepal Army spokesperson, told Media that 15 bodies have been recovered and six people who were rescued are undergoing treatment at hospital in Pokhara."A Nepal Army MI-17 helicopter has flown to the crash site to bring the bodies to the capital," Chettri said.He added that there were 3 crew members and 18 foreign passengers including 16 Indians on board. According to reports, Fifteen people have been killed. Thirteen of them were Indian tourists and the other two were Nepali pilots. There are six survivors, among them one Nepali air hostess
The Jomsom Airport, about 200 km northwest of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, is a gateway to a popular tourist and trekking destination along with pilgrimage for the Hindus. The plane was about to land at Jomsom airport as It hit a muddy slope and the plane is now buried in the side of the hill The passengers had chartered the flight to take them from the central tourist hub of Pokhara to Muktinath, a sacred place for Hindus and Buddhists at the foot of the Thorong La Himalayan mountain pass, said Rajendra Singh Bhandari, Nepal police regional spokesman.
A Nepal army barracks was near the accident site which made the rescue of survivors easierAgni Air marketing manager Pramod Pandey said two Danish nationals were among the passengers, although their condition was not known.
The crash was the second deadly air accident for Agni Air in less than two years. In August 2010 one of the private carrier's Everest-bound planes crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu, killing all 14 people on board, including four Americans, a Japanese and a British national. Air travel is popular in Nepal, which has only a very limited road network. Many communities, particularly in the mountains and hills, are accessible only on foot or by air. Aviation accidents are relatively common, particularly during the summer monsoon, when visibility is usually at its worst.
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