

SEE ALSO | 2 Americans among 72 killed in Nepal plane crash, state department says We are in the process of notifying their family members." "The five people on board were a pilot, a flight nurse, a flight paramedic, a patient and a patient's family member. "We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived.," read the statement from Care Flight.
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when the Lyon County Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls regarding a possible plane crash near Stagecoach, Nevada - about 45 miles east of Reno, according to a statement from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office.Ĭare Flight, a service of REMSA Health, headquartered in Reno, Nevada and Guardian Flight, headquartered in Utah, confirmed in a statement following the crash that a PC 12 fixed wing aircraft, tail number N273SM, went off radar near Stagecoach, Nevada. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. Five people are dead, including a patient and medical personnel, after a Care Flight plane crashed late Friday in Nevada, ABC News reported. Authorities are investigating the cause of the plane crash. In 2010, a Tara Air plane had crashed, killing 22 and in the same year, 14 people on an Agni Air plane died in another crash.A Care Flight crash killed five people near Stagecoach, Nevada. More than 20 people were on board.Ĥ) Agni Air Dornier Air Crash in 2012: This was also one of the most horrific plane crashes in the country 15 of over 20 people were killed when the Dornier Aircraft of Agni Airlines crashed while landing in Jomsom in northwest of Nepal.ĥ) Buddha Air flight crash in 2011: All 19 persons aboard had died when Flight BHA-103 of Buddha Air had crashed in the Kathmandu valley. A report later pointed out that pilot’s lack of situational awareness was linked to the accident.ģ) Another accident involving Tara Airlines: In 2016, another Tara Airlines plane was headed from Pokhara to Jomsom when it went missing minutes after the take-off. Two Germans and four Indians were reported to be among those who lost their lives.Ģ) 2018 US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 crash: In 2018, the flight from Dhaka of Bangladesh was reported to have crashed while landing in Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu.

The South Asian country has seen many horrific plane accidents in the past.ġ) 2022 crash that killed 22: Last year, in May, 22 people had died when a small plane crashed minutes after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara. Visuals on social media showed huge plumes of smoke billowing from the site. I sincerely appeal to the security personnel, all agencies of the Nepal government and the general public to start an effective rescue,” the office of Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal quoted him as saying in a tweet. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic accident of Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72, which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers.

This is one of the worst-ever aviation tragedies in the Himalayan nations. A passenger plane with 72 people on board was reported to have crashed on Sunday in Nepal’s Pokhran 68 deaths are already confirmed, latest updates suggest, and five Indians were among those who were on the plane.
