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The bodies of 13 people have been recovered after a Saurya Airlines plane, 9N-AME (CRJ 200), crashed while taking off at Tribhuvan Airport (TIA) in Nepal's Kathmandu. Nineteen people were aboard the Pokhara-bound plane. The planed turned into a ball of fire as soon as it skidded off the runway during take off.
The pilot of the plane, 37-year-old Manish Shakya, was rescued from the wreckage and taken to a nearby hospital in Sinamangal for treatment. The plane was carrying technical staff of the airline, Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at the TIA, told The Himalayan.
