A private airline plane crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, killing 18 people on board on Wednesday around 11 am, news agency PTI reported. Only the pilot of the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines survived the crash, officials told PTI. He is undergoing treatment in a hospital.

मिति २०८१।०४।०९ गते त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल, गौचर काठमाण्डौमा भएको सौर्य एयरलाइन्सको विमान दुर्घटना पश्चात उद्धार कार्यमा नेपाल प्रहरी pic.twitter.com/0t2OAh2DZK