Kathmandu, July 22 -- In a landmark verdict, the Kathmandu District Court has ordered Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines to pay full compensation to the families of victims who died in the crash of Flight 211 in March 2018 while landing at Kathmandu airport, an accident that claimed 51 lives out of the 71 onboard.

In a settlement that excludes the $20,000 insurance payout to each family, the court has directed the airline to pay a total of $2.74 million, or Rs378.60 million, to the 17 families affected by the tragedy.

This marks a legal milestone-the first time in Nepal's aviation history that families of air crash victims have won a case of this magnitude. Nepal has witnessed 70 air crashes over the past seven decades, with approximately 9...