Date: Wednesday 24 July 2024
Time: 11:13
Type: Canadair CRJ-200ER
Owner/operator: Saurya Airlines
Registration: 9N-AME
MSN: 7772
Year of manufacture: 2003
Fatalities: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 19
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category: Accident
Location: Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) - Nepal
Phase: Take off
Nature: Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport: Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT)
Destination airport: Pokhara Airport (PKR/VNPK)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A Saurya Airlines Canadair CRJ-200ER has crashed on takeoff from runway 02 at Kathmandu Airport, Nepal.
The aircraft crashed 200 m to the right of the runway centreline and burst into flames.
Out of the 19 occupants, only the captain is reported to have survived the accident.
CCTV video shows the CRJ-200 descending in a right-wing low attitude before it struck the ground, bursting into flames