An airline official sustained injuries when a plane hit him at Rara Airport, Mugu, on Thursday. 

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendra Thapa, a twin otter plane belonging to the private airline Sita Air hit and injured the airline’s Mugu station chief Dhirendra Bham. 

Bham was hit by the nose of the plane when he was signalling to the pilots for takeoff. 

Bham, who sustained injuries in the head, was flown to Nepalgunj on the same plane for treatment.