Nepal

The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines had 72 people onboard including four crew members, said airline spokesman Sudarshan ...

However, the ongoing rescue operation has been witnessing difficulties due to the presence of a big crowd at the crash site. Good journalism costs a lot of money. A committee to investigate the crash has also been formed by the government.

At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when an aircraft of domestic carrier Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official ...

Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. The ATR72 is a widely used twin-engine turboprop plane manufactured by a joint venture of Airbus and Italy’s Leonardo. According to DailyMail, local television showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft.

Video on local media showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft. Footage ...

“Half of the plane is on the hillside,” Arun Tamu, a local resident, said. “The other half has fallen into the gorge of the Seti river,” the police official said. “The plane has broken into pieces.”

One local official said that some survivors had been taken to hospital — but this was not confirmed by Yeti Airlines, which operated the flight, or by a second ...

That accident was Nepal’s deadliest since 1992, when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane died when it crashed on approach to Kathmandu. The disaster was the latest to blight the Himalayan nation’s poor aviation safety record. Footage shared on social media, which appeared to be shot just after the crash, showed raging flames on the ground and black smoke billowing into the sky from debris strewn across the crash site. The area was strewn with what appeared to be parts of the aircraft, including seats. The city in central Nepal is a gateway to religious pilgrims and international trekkers. Twenty-nine people were confirmed to have died Sunday when a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, the airline said.

Sunday's crash of Yeti Airlines – ATR-72 in Nepal's Pokhara sums up what is a sad tale for Anju Khatiwada who was seconds away from realising her dreams of ...

On the other hand, the captain onboard the fateful aircraft had 35 years of piloting experience. Captain Kamal KC made him sit on the seat of the chief pilot while flying to Pokhara earlier today. She was due to become the captain after her successful landing, scheduled for Sunday.

Hundreds of emergency personnel on Monday resumed searching for four missing people following a deadly plane crash in Nepal that has once again highlighted ...

Two years later, the ICAO and Nepal announced a partnership to resolve safety concerns. Pokhara, a lakeside city, is a popular tourist destination and gateway to the Himalayas. Known as the gateway to Everest, the airport’s runway is laid out on a cliffside between mountains, dropping straight into an abyss at the end. That incident involved a recently acquired Twin Otter aircraft flying in clear conditions. It is also the third-worst aviation accident in Nepal’s history, according to data from the Aviation Safety Network. It has seen multiple fatal crashes over the years, including in 2008 and 2019. The Yeti Airlines plane was manufactured by aerospace company ATR, headquartered in France. Some 15 foreign nationals were aboard, according to the country’s civil aviation authority. [ crashed on landing](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/asia/kathmandu-plane-crash/index.html) and caught fire, killing 51 of the 71 people on board. The airport in the town of Lukla, in northeastern Nepal, is often referred to as the [deadly plane crash](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/asia/nepal-yeti-airlines-crash-intl-hnk/index.html) that has once again highlighted the dangers of air travel in a country often referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly. [Yeti Airlines](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/asia/nepal-yeti-airlines-crash-intl-hnk/index.html) flight crashed near the city of Pokhara Sunday.

At least 68 dead after Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames with 72 people onboard.

“Our first thoughts are with all the individuals affected by this,” the plane’s France-based manufacturer ATR said in a statement on Sunday. The fire was getting very intense and it made it difficult for us to approach closer,” the former soldier told AFP. The European Union has banned all Nepali carriers from its airspace over safety concerns. “Due to fog, the search has been paused. “A few of us rushed to see if we can rescue anybody. “We have so far sent 63 bodies to the hospital,” police officer AK Chhetri said on Monday.

A spokesman for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority says a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash ...

The report said such accidents happened at airports that had short strips of runway for takeoff and landing and most were due to pilot error. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it's still trying to confirm the fate of two South Korean passengers and has sent staff to the scene. Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Mount Everest, has a history of air crashes. ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday's crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. It was previously flown by India's Kingfisher Airlines and Thailand's Nok Air before Yeti took it over in 2019, according to records on Airfleets.net. The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, has been used by airlines around the world for short regional flights. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn't help him," Tiwari said. She described herself as a lover of travel and adventure tourism. On Sunday, Twitter was awash with images that showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport. "The incident was tragic. Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge. "I saw that and I was shocked...

Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine Monday for more bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane with 72 people on board, with hopes of any ...

The fire was getting very intense and it made it difficult for us to approach closer,” the former soldier told AFP. “A few of us rushed to see if we can rescue anybody. We are searching for four more bodies. “We have collected 68 bodies so far. A loud explosion followed. Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine Monday for more bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane with 72 people on board, with hopes of any survivors now “nil”, according to officials.

Yeti Airlines Flight 691with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal yesterday, officials said, the latest aviation disaster to hit the Himalayan nation. Vanguard ...

On December 15, 2010, all 22 passengers and crew on board a passenger plane that crashes in eastern Nepal are killed. On March 12, 2018, a flight from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka crash-lands at Kathmandu airport, skidding into a football field where it bursts into flames. Three people were also injured.

There were 72 passengers and crew aboard the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara which crashed on Sunday. It is unclear what ...

Four years earlier 51 people were killed when a flight travelling from Bangladesh caught fire as it landed in Kathmandu. There was huge smoke coming from the flames of the plane. “The Pilot tried his best to not hit civilisation or any home,” she added. “By the time I was there the crash site was already crowded. Mobile Phone Footage showed the Yeti Airlines flight rolling sharply as it approached the airport. “There was a small space right beside the Seti River and the flight hit the ground in that small space.”

Searchers have discovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data of a passenger plane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday, leading to 68 fatalities.

The other 63 bodies had been sent to a hospital, he said. "It is cloudy now... "We will take out the five bodies from the gorge and search for the remaining four that are still missing," he told Reuters.

A domestic flight traveling from the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, crashed near Pokhara International Airport on Sunday morning, killing at least 68, ...

“I am deeply saddened by the tragic accident of Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72, which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers,” tweeted Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Prime Minister of Nepal. The European Commission’s Air Safety List also prohibits all Nepali airlines from operating in Europe due to safety concerns. “Our first thoughts are with all the individuals affected by this,” the statement read. Yeti Airlines said they would be canceling all flights on Monday to mourn the victims of the crash. and last made contact with the tower at 10:50 a.m. The plane left Kathmandu at 10:32 a.m.

Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority on Monday says the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Pokhara have been ...

The rest were Nepalis. The plane was en route from Kathmandu and went down on approach to a newly opened airport in the tourist town of Pokhara on Sunday, killing at least 68 of the 72 people on board. Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority on Monday said the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Pokhara have been recovered.

At least 69 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the three missing are also dead. Search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit ...

He studied the religion for years at a South Korean university before becoming a minister in 2009. In footage taken by a passenger out of a window as the plane came in for a landing, buildings, roads and greenery are visible below. Arun Paudel, 47, had worked as a police officer in Nepal before being introduced into the religion by his brother. Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains including Mount Everest. Pemba Sherpa, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines, confirmed that both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders were found. On Monday evening, relatives and friends were still gathered outside a local hospital, some shouting at officials to speed up the post mortems so they could hold funerals for their loved ones.