A Yemeni aviation engineer was killed on Wednesday in a Nepalese plane crash in the capital, Kathmandu.

Identical media sources reported that engineer Arif Abdul Karim Reda died in the crash of the Nepalese plane in which he had been working for five years in the field of aviation engineering, which claimed the lives of 18 out of the 19 people on board.

The plane crashed during a test flight for the company's staff to Pokhara, which is an important tourist destination in Nepal, located in the Himalayas.

Engineer Reda worked for the Yemeni Airlines Company and other airlines such as Al-Saeeda and others, before moving to work for the Nepalese “Souria” Airlines Company.