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Govt forms committee to probe Summit Air’s plane crash



KATHMANDU: The government has formed a committee to investigate into the Summit Air’s plane crash at Lukla-based Tenzing Hilary Airport in Solukhumbu on Sunday morning.

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation formed the committee headed by former Director -General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Rajesh Raj Dali.

Other members include Nepal Airlines Corporation’s engineer Rajesh Shrestha and Sita Air’s pilot Rabindra Dangol.

Likewise, Joint-Secretary at Ministry of Tourism, Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane has been entrusted to work as the member-secretary of the committee.

Three people died in the crash on Sunday. The incident occurred when the aircraft skidded off and collided with a parked helicopter of Shree Air and Manang Air while taking off from Lukla killing Summit Air’s co-pilot Sujit Dhungana and Assistant Sub Inspector duo, Ram Bahadur Khadka and Rudra Bahadur Shrestha.

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