Agni Air

Type: Company

Name: Agni Air

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

NAC aircraft crashlands in Jomsom

Nepali Army personnel and locals involved in rescuing the passengers from the Nepal Airlines’ Twin Otter aircraft that skidded off the runway and fell on the banks of the Kaligandaki River in Jomsom on Thursday. POKHARA/KATHMANDU: A Twin Otter aircraft ... [Published Himalayan Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Otter, Nepal Airlines, Kathmandu, Nepali Army

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Season of fall

As flights are often unavoidable here, air safety is every Nepali’s concernA Nepal Airlines aircraft, flying from Pokhara to Jomsom, skidded off the runway and into the banks of the Kali Gandaki river on Thursday morning. Miraculously, all of the 21 passengers, ... [Published Kathmandu Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Nepal, Plane Crash, Sita Air, Agni Air, Wind Velocity

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

On this day in history, May 14

David Ben Gurion, who was to become Israel's first Prime Minister, reads the Declaration of Independence May 14, 1948 at the museum in Tel Aviv, during the ceremony founding the State of Israel. (GPO)ShareUpdated: 6:19 pm1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry ... [Published WTVQ - May 14 2013]

Entities: Wilfred Rhodes, Boshin War, Lina Medina, William Sulzer, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

Agni Air

Namaste Air to start air service from mid-June

Namaste Air, a new private airline, has signed an agreement with Agni Air for the operation of domestic flights scheduled from mid-June.Issuing a press statement on Thursday, Namaste Air said it will use three Jetstream aircrafts and two of Agni Airs ... [Published Nepalnews.com - May 10 2013]

Entities: Agni Air, Kathmandu

Quotes

"One of the wheels of the plane had problem while landing. The plane skidded off the runway and fell into the Kaligandaki river flowing alongside" Purna Gauchan, an eye witness said

21 injured in Nepal plane crash [Published ProKerala.com - May 16 2013]

According to a press release issued on Thursday, the company has already signed an agreement with Agni Air to start operations of domestic flights. "Two of Agni Air’s Dornier aircraft will be used for scheduled flights under the management of Namaste Air" reads the release

Namaste Air to kick-start scheduled flights by mid-June [Published MyRepublica.com - May 09 2013]

"They fly at lower altitudes where the weather can be worse. Nepal is not a big country and there are a lot of mountains. But it still has a higher than average crash rate"

Nepal's poor aviation safety record [Published Telegraph - Sep 28 2012]

She said: "There were casualties from the day before which was tragic and horrendous."

Nepal: country at the top of the world plagued by tragedy [Published Telegraph - Sep 28 2012]

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21 injured in Nepal plane crash [Published ProKerala.com - May 16 2013]
Plane crashes in Nepal, injuring all 21 onboard [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 16 2013]
On this day in history, May 14 [Published WTVQ - May 14 2013]
Namaste Air to start air service from mid-June [Published Nepalnews.com - May 10 2013]
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