KATHMANDU: A Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines aircraft met with an accident today (Wednesday) morning at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.    
The aircraft carrying 19 passengers including crew members skidded off the runway and caught fire. According to preliminary reports, eighteen passengers have reportedly died while the captain MR Shakya has been rushed to hospital   
Security personnel of all three security agencies were mobilized to douse the fire, said Gaurav Kumar KC, Spokesperson for the Nepalese Army.    
Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has reached the Airport to take stock of the accident.  – With inputs from RSS