KATHMANDU: Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has resumed operations following the closure caused by a Saurya Airlines plane crash. The incident occurred at 11:11 AM on Wednesday involving Saurya Airlines flight 9N-AME (CRJ 200).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal confirmed that 18 people lost their lives in the accident. The captain of the plane, 37-year-old Manish Shakya, survived but is injured and receiving treatment at KMC Hospital.

A Bhutan Air flight, which had been held in the sky, has safely landed following the reopening of the airport.