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Small Plane Crashed Killing 14 People On Board
By KTM Metro Reporter
August 24, 2010: a plane operated by the Agni Air Pvt Ltd has crashed near Shikharpur village about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Katmandu in Nepal today. The German-built Dornier turboprop airplane with 11 passengers and three crewmembers has flown to Lukla: the nearest airport to the Everest Base Camp. It could not land there due to the monsoon rains and clouds so it has turned back to Kathmandu but the pilot finds he cannot land in Kathmandu too, as it has also thick cover of clouds; so he radioes to the air controller in Kathmandu stating he is going to land in Simra: the nearest airport, and turns his plane to South but a few minutes later, the air communication breaks and obviously the planes crashes.
The plane has hit the rice filed causing a small crater indicating the heavy impact on the ground. None of the passengers and crewmembers has any chances of survival. Even the plane has broken into small pieces. It has been carrying five Nepalese passengers and three crewmembers, six tourists: four Americans, one Briton and one Japanese.
A helicopter operated by the Makalu Air Pvt Ltd has brought whatever remains of passengers are available to Kathmandu for identification and turning over the concerned relatives and friends.
A list of passengers and crewmembers reported by nepalnews.com is as follow:
Nepalese passengers: 1. A Rai, 2. I Rijal, 3. P Bhote, 4. P Sherpa, 5. Prakash Amagain, 33
Foreign tourists: 1. Yuki Hayashi, 20, Japan, 2. Taylor Jeremy, 31, UK 3. Irina Shekhets, 31,US, 4. Levzi Cardoso, 50, US, 5. Heather Finch, 41,US, 6. Kendra Dominique Fallon, 19, US
Crewmembers: 1. Captain Laxman Prakash Shah, Pilot, 2. Sophiya Singh, Co-Pilot, 3. Sahara Sherpa, Air Hostess
