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    A plane with 19 people on board slips off the runway and crashes at Nepal airport

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    The Hawk
    July24/ 2024
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    The flight, en route to Pokhara, experienced the mishap for reasons not yet determined. Emergency crews are at the scene, and the airport has been closed.

    Nepal Plane Crash

    Kathmandu: A plane with 19 people on board slipped off the runway and crashed Wednesday while trying to take off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, state television said.

    The plane belongs to the domestic Saurya airline and was heading from Kathmandu to the resort town of Pokhara, Nepal Television said.

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    It was not clear how it slipped or if there were any casualties. Tribhuvan International Airport has been closed and emergency crew were working.

    —AP