Nepal Army’s cargo aircraft crashed killing its pilot on the spot and injuring two others including a woman co-pilot aboard while landing at Kolti Airport in Bajura district this afternoon.The deceased has been identified as Nepal Army’s Colonel Kailash Gurung and the injured as Major Anita Ale and Warrant Officer First Class Purna Bahadur Khadka The NA’s PZL M-28 Skytruck aircraft NA-048 landed outside the runway and skidded about 15 metres before it crashed into a field in Budhinnada Municipality, according to the Inspector and Spokesperson Sudam Baral at the Bajura District Police Office. The incident occurred while the aircraft was returning from Simikot in Humla district at around 12:15 pm, according to the DPO. A joint team of security personnel deployed from Nepal Army and Nepal Police with the help of locals had rescued Ale and Khadka who were trapped in the aircraft.The injured have been airlifted by Sita Air aeroplane to a health institution in Nepalgunj for the treatment, said police. The ill-fated aircraft had departed for Simikot from Surkhet carrying sacks of rice grains but diverted onto Bajura after it could not land in the destination due to the bad weather, said police.