New footage of plane crash in Nepal that killed 18 shows devastating speed it exploded

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Harrowing footage has emerged of the plane crash in Nepal that killed 18 people.

On July 24, a Saurya Airlines flight ended in a fire ball explosion that took the lives of everyone on board with the exception of the pilot.

The flight was in the air for a matter of seconds before tragedy struck and it collided with the floor as the aircraft reached devastating speed.

The footage shows the plane tilt to the right on its way down, and just moments after its right wing makes impact with the floor a huge ball of flame roars out.

The body of the aircraft then crashes against the runway and it becomes engulfed in flames, as a plume of black smoke rises and hides the plane from view.

The event unfolded in less than 10 seconds.

It occurred after the plane attempted to take off from Tribhuvan International Airport, in the capital city of Kathmandu, at approximately 11.11am local time.

The aircraft had been bound for the city of Pokhara, and was carrying 18 Nepalis and a Yemeni citizen.

The passengers included two crew members and 17 technicians, all of whom were employees of Saurya Airlines; the carrier operating the flight.

Captain Manish Ratna Shakya, the pilot who survived, was rescued just five minutes following the crash.

Speaking of how the Shakya survived, Nepal's civil aviation minister Badri Pandey said: "It [the aircraft] hit the container on the edge of the airport.

"Then, it fell further below.

"The cockpit, however, remained stuck inside the container.

"This is how the captain survived."

According to government reports, there have been 40 plane crashes since 2010 in the region - that's almost three a year, and we're only half way through 2024.

There have been more than 350 fatalities on the back of those crashes.

But according to The New York Times, the issue has never been addressed, despite the European Union barring the country's airlines from flying to its countries.

It argued that there's a conflict of interest in which the bosses who provide aviation services are the same ones that regulate them.

It's a worry for the country that benefits greatly from tourism with more one million people having visited in last year alone, while around 45,000 adrenaline junkies visit each year with the ambition of scaling Mount Everest.