Kathmandu, July 24: A Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines aircraft has met with an accident today morning at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
The aircraft carrying 19 passengers including crew members skidded off the runway and fire broke out suddenly.
Security personnel of all three security agencies have been mobilized to douse fire at present, said Gaurav Kumar KC, Spokesperson of the Nepali Army.
Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has reached at the Airport to take stock of the accident.
