A passenger plane crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 people, local officials said.A passenger plane with 19 people onboard crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, killing 18 people and injuring the pilot.
"Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital," said a spokesman for Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.A doctor at Kathmandu Medical College Hospital told The Associated Press that the plane's pilot sustained injuries to his eyes, but said his life was not in danger.