Nepal

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.

Video on local media showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site. Some bodies have been recovered from the wreckage, which an army spokesperson ...

"Half of the plane is on the hillside," Arun Tamu, a local resident, said. Video on local media showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site. In 2018 a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people on board. "We expect to recover more bodies," army spokesman Krishna Bhandari said. 'Half the plane is on the hill - the other half is in the gorge' "The plane has broken into pieces."

Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into ...

ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday’s crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. [Foreign Ministry](/topic/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. According to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. In July 2014, a TransAsia ATR 72-500 flight crashed while trying to land on the scenic Penghu archipelago between Taiwan and China, killing 48 people onboard. 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. On Sunday, Twitter was awash with images and that showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport. The bodies are being kept in the Pokhara Academy of Health and Science, Western Hospital. Gyan Khakda, a police spokesperson in the district, said 31 bodies have been identified and will be handed over to family after officials finish post mortem reports. Rescue workers repelled down a 300-meter gorge to continue the search for the six missing people. Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge. Authorities revised the death toll down from Sunday’s 68 after a recount early Monday morning, said Tek Bahadur K.C., a senior administrative officer in Kaski district.

Authorities are hoping to use data from the box to discover the cause of the country's deadliest airplane crash in three decades. | ITV National News.

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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...

Almost everywhere in the world, passenger aviation has become extraordinarily safe. In 2022, the total aviation death toll of 174 corresponded to the ...

The litany of tragedy continues. The nation’s airlines tend to use old, ill-maintained aircraft, with inadequate training in, and enforcement of, international aviation norms. They were at the start of what was to be a three-week trek. [Yeti Airlines website](https://www.yetiairlines.com/flight-status), flight YT691 on Sunday morning from Kathmandu to Pokhara is listed normally as “departed”. Almost everywhere in the world, passenger aviation has become extraordinarily safe. In reality, dozens of passengers are dead after the [plane crashed on approach to Pokhara international airport](/asia/south-asia/nepal-plane-crash-video-kathmandu-b2262778.html).

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.

Both black boxes from the crashed Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal have been discovered, Kathmandu airport officials say. The search for four people still ...

“Sonu was on Facebook live after boarding the flight for Pokhara. The video shows Yeti Airlines’ logo and a Nepalese insurance advertisement on the airline’s tray. The passengers included two infants and several foreign nationals, according to airline spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula. “Go to Nepal,” she wrote in a social media message. Both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the crashed aircraft in Nepal have been discovered, a Kathmandu airport official confirmed on Monday. The Yeti Airlines twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was carrying 72 people – four crew members and 68 passengers – when it crashed near the airport of the tourist city of Pokhara on Sunday in clear weather conditions.