Pilot, co-pilot die as Air Kasthamandap aircraft crash-lands in Kalikot

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: The pilot and co-pilot were killed when an Air Kasthamandap aircraft bound to Jumla from Nepalgunj, with 11 people on board, crash-landed in Kalikot district on Friday.Pilot Dinesh Neupane and Co-pilot Santosh Rana died in the incident, said our Nepalgunj correspondent Arjun Oli quoting Nepalgunj Airport sources.The aircraft with call sign 9N8AB crashlanded at Chilakhaya 2, Jigeli in the district, acording to Chief District Officer of Kalikot, Pradip Shrestha.The passengers have been identified as Megharaj Giri, Ganesh Bhattachan, Sonali Bhattachan, Laxmi Sunar, Govinda Bhandari, Laxman Khadka , Dhananjaya Khatri and Jagadamba Khatri. All nine passengers are reported injured.The aircraft had taken off at 12:30 pm from Nepalgunj today.Security teams from Nepal Army and Nepal Police from both Julma and Kalikot have left for the accident site accoring to Acting CDO of Jumla. Details to follow….