Nepali gov't forms commission to investigate air crash accident
9/10/2008 17:25
The Nepali government has formed a five-member commission to investigate
into the air crash accident of Twin-otter of Yeti Airlines, in which 18 people
were killed at Lukla Airport yesterday morning.
According to the National
News Agency RSS today's report, the commission will present its report within
two months from the date of its formation.
A Yeti Airlines domestic plane
made a crash-landing after catching fire yesterday morning while landing at
Lukla airport, east of the Nepali capital Kathmandu.
Mohan Adhikari, general
manager of Nepali Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport on behalf of the
related Nepali aviation authority, said at a press conference that 18 people
died in the accident.
Mohan Adhikari said the 18 dead include two crew
members, 12 German passengers, two Australian passengers and two Nepali
passengers, while the only one still alive is a Nepali co-pilot. The injured is
treated in Kathmandu hospital.
Lukla airport is gateway to Mt. Qomolangma
(Mt. Everest), some 140 km east of Kathmandu.
International tourists are
coming to Nepal at the beginning of October, the end of Nepali monsoon
season.
Xinhua
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