Hari Bahadur Rawat
Humla, Aug 5: An airplane belonging to Makalu Air that was flying to Surkhet from Humla has met with an accident while force landing at Rauterana of Simikot Thursday.
The ill-fated plane (9NKC) that crashed at around 3:30 in the afternoon, falling on the banks of the Karnali River is reported to be washed away by the river.
It is learnt that the engine of the airplane had shut down suddenly after the five minutes of take off, leading to the mishap occurred in an attempt to safe landing.
Quoting Sange Lama, one of the pilots injured in the incident, Chief District Officer (CDO) of Humla Krishna Bahadur Ghimire told RSS, “The engine of the plane we were flying at the height of 11,500 feet shut down at once. Much as we tried to restart it, we decided for a safe landing in the Karnali River.”
“It would take us longer to reach Surkhet and we could not return to Humla either. Hence safe landing was the only option,” CDO Ghimire added, quoting injured Pilot Lama.
The pilot duo, Lama and Prashant Shah, fainted for a while and later swam to safety when they were jolted to their senses.
Seriously hurt in the incident, Pilot Lama and Shah were airlifted to the Simikot District Hospital and later airlifted to Nepalgunj Medical College for further treatment, CDO Ghimire said.
The whereabouts of the crashed airplane is still unknown while further information on the same is awaited. RSS
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