Nepal: pilots killed after cargo aircraft crashes in Humla

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The deceased were identified as Kiran Bhattarai and co-pilot Aditya Nepali.

two pilots died after the cargo flight they have been flying crashed inside the Simikot bypass vicinity in Nepal’s Humla, on Wednesday, The Kathmandu put up reported. The deceased were diagnosed as Kiran Bhattarai and co-pilot Aditya Nepali.

Deputy Director preferred at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (Caan) Rajan Pokharel showed the deaths and stated the crash occurred at an altitude of 12,800 feet. The unmarried-engine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan changed into operated with the aid of Makalu Air that provides chartered passenger and cargo offerings.
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The flight had taken off from Surkhet Airport at 6.12 am Wednesday morning and became scheduled to land at 6.55 am in Simikot.

On March 12, a passenger plane from Bangladesh wearing seventy one people crashed in Kathmandu, killing as a minimum 51. The coincidence is thought to be Nepal’s worst aviation catastrophe considering a Pakistan worldwide airways plane crashed in Kathmandu in 1992, killing 167 passengers.

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