The pilot is being treated in hospital but is talking and was able to tell family members he is 'all good'
The pilot is being treated in hospital but is talking and was able to tell family members he is 'all good'
Senior superintendent of Nepal Police Dambar Bishwakarma said: “He was facing difficulty to breathe as the air shield was open. We broke the window and immediately pulled him out.” “The entire area away from the region where the cockpit fell down caught fire and everything was burnt,” Mr Pandey said. “We have treated injuries on various parts of his body. He is under observation in the neurosurgery ward,” he added.On Wednesday evening, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma also visited the hospital, where he met members of the pilot’s family.
Other images showed rescue workers picking through the charred remains of the plane. Bodies were later carried to ambulances on stretchers as residents watched, television footage showed.
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