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Article thumbnail: This handout photograph taken on July 24, 2024 and released by Nepal Police shows rescuers carrying the injured pilot of Saurya Airlines' plane after it crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on July 24, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. (Photo by Nepal Police / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Nepal Police" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE (Photo by -/Nepal Police/AFP via Getty Images)

Pilot sole survivor of Nepal crash after cockpit split from plane

The pilot is being treated in hospital but is talking and was able to tell family members he is 'all good'

Passenger plane crashes during take-off in Nepal killing 18

Nepal earthquake kills more than 150 as death toll predicted to rise

Article thumbnail: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Alexei Komissarov, Rector of RANEPA, CEO of the Russia - Land of Opportunity platform during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Why planes in Nepal crash so often, as dated planes, poor safety and mountains pose risks

At least 68 killed as plane crash-lands and catches fire in Nepal