KATHMANDU: An aircraft owned by Buddha air crashed while returning from a mountain flight to TIA on Wednesday at Kotdanda near Godavari on the north-eastern part of Kathmandu Valley.
While preparing to land, the 9NAE K1900 aircraft had lost its communication with the airport from 7:31 am this morning.
Including the crew, 19 people were on board, the preliminary information suggested.
According to Buddha Air, "16 were foreigners and JD Tamrakar was the captain of the plane. At least eight passengers are said to be from Tamilnadu of India. Asmita Shrestha, air-hostess also couldn't escape the tragedy."
It has been learnt that Captain JD Tamrakar is ex-Minister’s Ramkrishna Tamrakar's son.
“A person has been found alive and is being rescued, while dead bodies are found scattered around the incident site,” said Superintendent of Police Bhog Bahadur Thapa. According to Thapa, the weather condition is bad and affecting the rescue operation.
According to a local resident Chranjeevi Acharya, 10 dead bodies have been found yet, whose identities are still unknown.Police team and locals are involved in the rescue operation, Shrestha said.