A Saurya Airlines aircraft crashed during takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal killing 18 of the 19 people on board. Luckily, Captain Manish Ratna Shakya was saved and is the sole survivor of a plane crash. The plane was en route to Pokhra but due to a technical fault, it veered right at the time it was supposed to take off and rammed into the east side of the runway.
Who is Shakya?
The sole survivorof the crash has been identified as Manish Ratna Shakya. According to his LinkedIn profile, he joined Saurya Airlines in December 2014 and has been a part of the company for over 9 years. He earlier flew for Simrik Airlines for nearly three years. According to the profile, he seems to have attended a school in India as he listed Mussoorie Modern School in his profile.
How he survived
Upon colliding with the east side of the runway, the cockpit along with the pilot was ripped off from the rest of the aircraft by getting caught inside of a shipping container while the rest of the aircraft burst into flames. This allowed Shakya to be rescued less than 5 minutes after the accident due to which it was possible to save his life while the rest of the people onboard were not so lucky.
Images released by Nepal police show Shakya being aided away from the scene of the crash with a bloodied face but he was still stable enough to talk on his way to the hospital, according to PTI.
“He was facing difficulty in breathing as the air shield was open. We broke the window and immediately pulled him out,” a statement by Senior Superintendent of Nepal Police Dambar Bishwakarma.
Recovery
The captain sustained a vast number of injuries including scarring on his brain and multiple fractures in his backbone. He is still being treated for his injuries at Kathmandu Medical College however doctors say that the captain is 100% out of danger and has started consuming liquid foods as part of his diet already as well.
Nepal unfortunately has had a history of air crashes, according to Nepal’s civil aviation body, 914 people have died in aircraft-related accidents since August of 1955.
Who is Shakya?
The sole survivorof the crash has been identified as Manish Ratna Shakya. According to his LinkedIn profile, he joined Saurya Airlines in December 2014 and has been a part of the company for over 9 years. He earlier flew for Simrik Airlines for nearly three years. According to the profile, he seems to have attended a school in India as he listed Mussoorie Modern School in his profile.
How he survived
Upon colliding with the east side of the runway, the cockpit along with the pilot was ripped off from the rest of the aircraft by getting caught inside of a shipping container while the rest of the aircraft burst into flames. This allowed Shakya to be rescued less than 5 minutes after the accident due to which it was possible to save his life while the rest of the people onboard were not so lucky.
Images released by Nepal police show Shakya being aided away from the scene of the crash with a bloodied face but he was still stable enough to talk on his way to the hospital, according to PTI.
“He was facing difficulty in breathing as the air shield was open. We broke the window and immediately pulled him out,” a statement by Senior Superintendent of Nepal Police Dambar Bishwakarma.
Recovery
The captain sustained a vast number of injuries including scarring on his brain and multiple fractures in his backbone. He is still being treated for his injuries at Kathmandu Medical College however doctors say that the captain is 100% out of danger and has started consuming liquid foods as part of his diet already as well.
Nepal unfortunately has had a history of air crashes, according to Nepal’s civil aviation body, 914 people have died in aircraft-related accidents since August of 1955.