Kathmandu, Aug 17: The government on Tuesday formed a four-member commission to investigate the force landing of an aircraft at the Karnali River banks on August 4.
The probe commission led by former secretary Yagya Prasad Gautam comprises engineer at the Nepal Airlines Corporation Sohan Maharjan, Captain for the Goma Air Private Limited Manish Pant and senior division engineer at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation Hari Bahadur Khadka.
Khadka is member-secretary of the commission.
The commission has been directed to find causes of the crash landing and submit a report, within 90 days, along with suggestions for ways to prevent air accidents in the days to come.
The single-engine aircraft belonging to Makalu Air Private Limited with call sign 9NAKC crashed when it made a force landing on the banks of the river, injuring the Captain and co-pilot.
The aircraft was returning to Surkhet after transporting cargo to Simikot of Humla when the accident occurred. RSS
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