18 dead as plane crashes in Kathmandu, pilot survives
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Eighteen people were killed when a Saurya Airlines plane, 9N-AME (CRJ 200), crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal. The plane, en route to Pokhara, had 19 people on board. Pilot Manish Shakya, 37, was rescued from the wreckage and taken to a hospital in Sinamangal for treatment. According to Gyanendra Bhul, the TIA information officer, the plane was carrying the airline's technical staff.