Pilot killed in plane crash

The pilot of a small cargo plane of the Nepal Army was killed and two crew members injured when the aircraft overshot the runway during an emergency landing in western Nepal on Wednesday, the second accident involving a cargo aircraft in less than a week in the Himalayan nation. Captain Kailash Gurung died and two others sustained injuries in the accident at Kolti airport in Bajura district, about 700 kilometres west of Kathmandu, Nepal Army said.