Aviation Safety Concerns

Air travel is known to be the safest mode of transportation. But that's not entirely the case in Nepal. The frequency at which the country has been seeing airplane crashes is really troubling. On Wednesday a Saurya Airlines plane crashed in Kathmandu, killing 18 of the 19 aboard, with its pilot being the sole survivor. Prior to this, on Jan. 15, 2023, a Yeti Air plane crashed in Pokhara's Seti Gorge, killing 72 on board. Preceding this was another major crash on May 29, 2022 wherein 22 died in a Tara Air plane. Since 1955, there have been 109 crashes, 66 of which deadly, killing nearly 1000. Foreigners account for significant number of the dead.