Pilot Prakash Kumar Rai, co-pilot Sujan Manandhar and airhostess Pragya Maharjan were injured in the crash, said Madhav Budhathoki, Chief the Solukhumbu District Police Office.

The plane (9N-AKY) suffered some technical problems after it touched branches of a tree while making a landing and crashed around 200 meters below the runway, Budhathoki said, adding that all the injured were rescued. RSS