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At least 44 people have been killed after an aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on ...

“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire. “So its [the crash] shocking and surprising,” said Limbu. “Thirty bodies have been recovered and sent to hospital,” Niroula told Reuters news agency. Pokhara is a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday when it crashed. The plane was en route from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara when it crashed with 72 people on board.

Au moins 67 personnes sont mortes dans le crash d'un avion de la compagnie Yeti Airlines transportant 72 personnes dimanche, au Népal.

La météo change également rapidement dans les montagnes, créant des conditions de vol encore plus ardues. Au moins 68 personnes sont mortes dans le crash d'un avion de la compagnie Yeti Airlines transportant 72 personnes dimanche, au Népal. L'avion s'est écrasé et a pris feu entre l'ancien et le nouvel aéroport de Pokhara au centre du pays. Autour, gisaient des débris de l'appareil, parmi lesquels des sièges. Cet accident a été le plus meurtrier au Népal depuis 1992, lorsque les 167 personnes à bord d'un avion de Pakistan International Airlines sont mortes dans un crash à l'approche de Katmandou. La carlingue est en feu et les secours sont "concentrés d'abord sur l'extinction du feu et sur le sauvetage des passagers", a déclaré un responsable local Gurudutta Dhakal.

It appears to be Nepal's deadliest plane crash in at least five years. This was a domestic flight by a Nepali carrier, Yeti Airlines. The twin-engine ATR 72 ...

[A photo](https://twitter.com/ananya116/status/1614518677902364681/photo/1) shows a huge chunk of the fuselage – with the plane's ID number clearly visible – dangling on the edge. Before that, the country's deadliest crash was in March 2018, when a flight from neighboring Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 51 of the 71 people on board. [More video](https://twitter.com/Sanjay_dec30/status/1614541673350172672/video/3) recorded moments later shows a smoking crater at the crash site. The Himalayan country has a spotty aviation safety record, and plane crashes – especially of twin-engine propeller planes like this one – are sadly not uncommon. [This footage](https://twitter.com/aerowanderer/status/1614511252017131522) — of the moment an airliner with 72 people aboard crashed Sunday in central Nepal – appears to have been recorded by a bystander watering plants on their balcony. Then it disappears behind buildings.

Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly ...

In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane flying from Pokhara to Jumla crashed, killing all 18 on board. The Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, said in a tweet he was "very shocked" to learn of the accident. In 2016, a Tara Air Twin Otter flying from Pokhara to Kathmandu crashed after takeoff, killing all 23 people aboard. According to the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the aircraft was 15 years old and "equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data." Introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, the aircraft model has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years.

Au moins 67 personnes sont mortes dimanche dans l'accident au centre du Népal d'un avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti Airlines qui transportait 72 ...

Autour gisaient des débris de l'appareil parmi lesquels des sièges. AFP

Scores of rescue workers and onlookers crowded near a steep gorge Sunday afternoon, as rescuers combed the wreckage on the edge of the cliff and in the ...

In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane flying from Pokhara to Jumla crashed, killing all 18 on board. ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday’s crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. In 2016, a Tara Air Twin Otter flying from Pokhara to Kathmandu crashed after takeoff, killing all 23 people aboard. In 2012, an Agni Air plane flying from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed, killing 15 people. Pokhara, located 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Kathmandu, is the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas. 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. 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. Introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, the aircraft model has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft, operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, was flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara, a 27-minute flight. A regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara Sunday, in the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades. At the crash site near the Seti River, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport, rescuers sprayed fire hoses and heaved ropes down to another smoldering part of the wreck below.

L'avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti Airlines en provenance de la capitale népalaise Katmandou s'est écrasé dimanche matin peu avant 11H00 (05H15 GMT) près de ...

Son épave avait été retrouvée un jour plus tard, sur le flanc d'une montagne à une altitude d'environ 4.400 mètres. Deux mois plus tôt, un accident de la Thai Airways avait fait 113 morts près du même aéroport. «Aucun survivant n'a été trouvé pour l'instant», a-t-il précisé, soulignant que les secours se poursuivaient.

Le bimoteur ATR 72, exploité par Yeti Airlines du Népal, effectuait un vol de 27 minutes entre la capitale, Katmandou, et Pokhara. Il transportait 68 passagers, ...

En 2014, un avion de Nepal Airlines reliant Pokhara à Jumla s’est écrasé, tuant les 18 passagers à bord. Yeti Airlines a une flotte de six avions ATR72-500, a déclaré le porte-parole de la société Sudarshan Bartaula. En 2018, un ATR 72 exploité par la compagnie iranienne Aseman Airlines s’est écrasé dans une région montagneuse brumeuse, tuant les 65 passagers à bord. Plusieurs parties du fuselage de l’avion étaient dispersées dans la gorge. Il y avait de la fumée partout», a dit M. Gaurav Gurung a affirmé que l’avion a piqué du nez en premier vers sa gauche et s’est ensuite écrasé dans la gorge.

Au moins 67 personnes sont mortes dimanche au Népal, selon la police, dans la catastrophe aérienne la plus meurtrière en trois décennies dans ce pays ...

Son épave avait été retrouvée un jour plus tard, sur le flanc d’une montagne à une altitude d’environ 4400 mètres. Le feu devenait très intense et il était difficile pour nous de nous approcher plus près », a poursuivi cet ancien soldat. Deux mois plus tôt, un accident de la Thai Airways avait fait 113 morts près du même aéroport. « Quelques-uns d’entre nous se sont précipités pour voir si nous pouvions sauver quelqu’un. Les autres étaient des Népalais. Dans la soirée, au milieu de la végétation calcinée, des soldats extrayaient des cadavres des débris éparpillés de l’ATR à l’aide de cordes et de civières, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.

L'avion du transporteur Yeti Airlines du Népal s'est écrasé dans une gorge alors qu'il atterrissait dans un aéroport nouvellement ouvert dans la ville ...

En 2014, un avion de Nepal Airlines reliant Pokhara à Jumla s’est écrasé, tuant les 18 passagers à bord. Yeti Airlines a une flotte de six avions ATR72-500, a déclaré le porte-parole de la société Sudarshan Bartaula. En 2012, un avion d’Agni Air de Pokhara à Jomsom s’est écrasé, tuant 15 personnes. En 2018, un ATR 72 exploité par la compagnie iranienne Aseman Airlines s’est écrasé dans une région montagneuse brumeuse, tuant les 65 passagers à bord. L’aéroport international de Pokhara a commencé ses activités il y a seulement deux semaines. L’an dernier, 22 personnes sont mortes lorsqu’un avion s’est écrasé à flanc de montagne au Népal. Le Népal, qui abrite huit des 14 plus hautes montagnes du monde, y compris le mont Everest, a un historique d’accidents aériens. Plusieurs parties du fuselage de l’avion étaient dispersées dans la gorge. Gaurav Gurung a affirmé que l’avion a piqué du nez en premier vers sa gauche et s’est ensuite écrasé dans la gorge. Il transportait 68 passagers, dont 15 ressortissants étrangers, ainsi que quatre membres d’équipage, a indiqué l’Autorité de l’aviation civile du Népal dans une déclaration. Il y avait de la fumée partout», a dit M. On ne savait pas dans l'immédiat les causes de la tragédie.

Cinq d'entre elles sont toujours portées disparues. Cet ATR 72 de la compagnie aérienne Yeti Airlines en provenance de la capitale népalaise Katmandou s'est ...

Le feu devenait très intense et il était difficile pour nous de nous approcher plus près », a poursuivi cet ancien soldat. Son épave avait été retrouvée un jour plus tard, sur le flanc d’une montagne à une altitude d’environ 4400 mètres. Deux mois plus tôt, un accident de la Thai Airways avait fait 113 morts près du même aéroport. « Quelques-uns d’entre nous se sont précipités pour voir si nous pouvions sauver quelqu’un. Les autres étaient des Népalais. Dans un communiqué daté de Toulouse, dans le sud-ouest de la France, ATR, le constructeur de l’appareil, a précisé qu’il s’agissait d’un ATR 72-500, ajoutant que ses spécialistes étaient « pleinement engagés pour soutenir à la fois l’enquête et le client », Yeti Airlines.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge ...

ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday's crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. 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. According to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, has been used by airlines around the world for short regional flights. The European Union has banned airlines from Nepal from flying into the 27-nation bloc since 2013, citing weak safety standards. Images and videos shared on Twitter showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn’t help him,” Tiwari said. ”The incident was tragic. Officials suspended the search for the four missing people overnight and planned to resume looking Monday. Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge. The foreigners included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades.

KATHMANDU — At least 44 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, an aviation authority official said, in the small…

Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. “Half of the plane is on the hillside,” said Arun Tamu, a local resident, who told Reuters he reached the site minutes after the plane went down. The craft made contact with the airport from Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. Local TV showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft. “Thirty bodies have been recovered and sent to hospital,” Niroula told Reuters. The weather was clear, said Jagannath Niroula, spokesman for Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority.

The 72-seater passenger plane crashed just seconds before landing at a newly opened airport in the popular tourist town of Pokhara.

Everest—makes it one of the most challenging places in the world to fly airplanes. The resort town of Pokhara is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Nepal and it also serves as a base camp for mountain hikers who are attempting to trek across the Annapurna circuit of the Himalayas. Reacting to the incident, Nepalese Prime Minister Pusha Kumar Dahal tweeted: “I am deeply saddened by the sad and tragic accident of Yeti Airlines ANC ATR 72 which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers. The airplane involved in Sunday’s crash, however, was a smaller ATR 72-500 aircraft which is capable of operating off shorter runways that are common across the country. [told](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-15/plane-crashes-in-nepal-with-72-people-on-board-afp-says) Bloomberg that the crash took place just “10 to 20 seconds” before landing and the plane made no distress call. [According to](https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1614530313950035968) FlightRadar24, the aircraft was 15 years old and was “equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data.”

Un passager à bord de l'avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti qui s'est écrasé au Népal a capté la scène surréaliste dans une vidéo sur Facebook.

Au moins 67 passagers sont morts dans cet accident d’avion, qui transportait à bord quelque 72 personnes. Un passager à bord de l’avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti qui s’est écrasé dimanche au Népal a capté la scène surréaliste dans une vidéo en direct sur Facebook. À bord, il capte en direct l’écrasement de l’avion au Népal

At least 68 people died when a Yeti airlines flight crashed on its approach to the tourist town Pokhara.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Of the passengers, 53 were said to be Nepalese. There was huge smoke coming from the flames of the plane. Four years earlier 51 people were killed when a flight travelling from Bangladesh caught fire as it landed in Kathmandu. "The pilot tried his best to not hit civilisation or any home," she added. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. There was also one passenger each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France among others. "By the time I was there the crash site was already crowded. "There was a small space right beside the Seti River and the flight hit the ground in that small space." This Himalayan nation, home to some of the most breath-taking mountains in the world, has some of the most difficult terrain to navigate. The prime minister of Nepal declared Monday a national day of mourning, and the government set up a panel to investigate the cause of the disaster. At least 68 people died when a flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara crashed and caught fire on Sunday morning.

A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least ...

ATR identified the plane involved in Sunday’s crash as an ATR 72-500 in a tweet. 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. According to the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety database, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, has been used by airlines around the world for short regional flights. The European Union has banned airlines from Nepal from flying into the 27-nation bloc since 2013, citing weak safety standards. The aircraft’s fuselage was split into multiple parts that were scattered down the gorge. Images and videos shared on Twitter showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport. A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn’t help him,” Tiwari said. Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge. Officials suspended the search for the four missing people overnight and planned to resume looking Monday. The foreigners included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France.

Les opérations de sauvetage sont en cours au Népal, où l'on tente de trouver des survivants à la suite de l'écrasement d'un avion de la compagnie Yeti Airlines.

Mais elle a souffert d'un manque de sécurité dû à une formation et une maintenance insuffisantes. Son épave avait été retrouvée un jour plus tard, sur le flanc d'une montagne à une altitude d'environ 4400 mètres. Autour gisaient des débris de l'appareil, parmi lesquels on trouvait des sièges. Le pays himalayen possède également certaines des pistes les plus isolées et les plus délicates du monde, flanquées de pics enneigés dont l'approche constitue un défi même pour les pilotes chevronnés. Sur les lieux de l'accident, les sauveteurs arrosaient à l'aide de tuyaux les morceaux du bimoteur ATR 72 en feu. Au moins 68 personnes sont mortes dimanche au Népal dans l'écrasement d'un avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti Airlines qui transportait 72 personnes, a annoncé la police.

POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A plane crash has killed at least 68 people, according to Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority. A regional passenger plane with 72 aboard ...

One of the passengers on Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was live on Facebook when it crashed in Nepal, killing all 72 people on board. While the video below is not ...

Au moins 67 passagers sont morts dans cet accident d’avion, qui transportait à bord quelque 72 personnes. [Au moins 67 morts dans un accident d'avion au Népal](http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2023/01/15/au-moins-67-morts-dans-un-accident-davion-au-nepal) Un passager à bord de l’avion de la compagnie aérienne Yeti qui s’est écrasé dimanche au Népal a capté la scène terrifiante dans une vidéo en direct sur Facebook.

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.

POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A spokesman for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority says a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the ...

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. He studied the religion for years at a South Korean university before becoming a minister in 2009. The European Union has banned airlines from Nepal from flying into the 27-nation bloc since 2013, citing weak safety standards. According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the aircraft was 15 years old and “equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data.” 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. ATR has not responded to a request for comment. The Civil Aviation Authority said that 41 people have been identified. Arun Paudel, 47, had worked as a police officer in Nepal before being introduced into the religion by his brother. Pemba Sherpa, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines, confirmed that both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders were found. Nepal is home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains including Mount Everest. More than 24 hours after the crash, his body lay in the same hospital where his niece was born. 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. Rescuers combed through the debris, scattered down a 300-meter-deep (984-foot-deep) gorge, for them.

At least 68 people were killed Sunday after a Yeti Airlines flight crashed when coming in to land in Pokhara, central Nepal, further blighting the country's ...

About 150,000 foreign tourists traveled to Nepal in 2021, almost all arriving by air, according to the latest data available on Nepal’s tourism ministry website. Mountains, rough terrain and mists that descend in Nepal are hostile to flying, he said. Tourism is a key industry, contributing almost 7% of gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. Only last May, 22 people died when a Tara Air flight came down en route from Pokhara to the trekking base of Jomsom. Nepal’s topography and weather patterns make flying harder than in many other places. According to Aviation Safety Network data, the fatal crash was the 11th in Nepal in as many years.

Le Népal observe lundi une journée de deuil national au lendemain de la catastrophe aérienne qui a fait au moins 67 mortsà Pokhara, dans le centre du pays, ...

Le feu devenait très intense et il était difficile pour nous de nous approcher plus près », a poursuivi cet ancien soldat. Son épave avait été retrouvée un jour plus tard, sur le flanc d’une montagne à une altitude d’environ 4400 mètres. Deux mois plus tôt, un accident de la Thai Airways avait fait 113 morts près du même aéroport. « Quelques-uns d’entre nous se sont précipités pour voir si nous pouvions sauver quelqu’un. Les autres étaient des Népalais. Cinq personnes sont toujours portées disparues.

Le bimoteur ATR 72, exploité par Yeti Airlines du Népal, effectuait un vol de 27 minutes entre la capitale, Katmandou, et Pokhara. Il transportait 68 passagers, ...

En 2014, un avion de Nepal Airlines reliant Pokhara à Jumla s’est écrasé, tuant les 18 passagers à bord. Yeti Airlines a une flotte de six avions ATR72-500, a déclaré le porte-parole de la société Sudarshan Bartaula. En 2018, un ATR 72 exploité par la compagnie iranienne Aseman Airlines s’est écrasé dans une région montagneuse brumeuse, tuant les 65 passagers à bord. Plusieurs parties du fuselage de l’avion étaient dispersées dans la gorge. Il y avait de la fumée partout», a dit M. Gaurav Gurung a affirmé que l’avion a piqué du nez en premier vers sa gauche et s’est ensuite écrasé dans la gorge.

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...

In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a ...

"I saw that and I was shocked. Seeing that scene, I was scared." Finally, Gaurav Gurung said, the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge. "I was scared. "Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in 2006 in a crash of a Twin Otter plane of Yeti Airlines in Jumla," airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula told Reuters, referring to Khatiwada. It remains unclear what caused the crash, the Himalayan country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.

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...

A pilot who routinely flies an ATR 72-500 plane from India to Nepal said the region's topography, with its mountain peaks and narrow valleys, ...

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. According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the aircraft was 15 years old and “equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data.” 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. He studied the religion for years at a South Korean university before becoming a minister in 2009. A pilot who routinely flies an ATR 72-500 plane from India to Nepal said the region’s topography, with its mountain peaks and narrow valleys, raises the risk of accidents and sometimes requires pilots to fly by sight rather than relying on instruments. The Civil Aviation Authority said that 38 people have been identified. Arun Paudel, 47, had worked as a police officer in Nepal before being introduced into the religion by his brother. Bikash Jaiswal said he could only identify his wife’s brother only by the ring he wore, and that he had yet to tell his wife, who was giving birth Sunday. More than 24 hours after the crash, Sanjay’s body lay in the same hospital where his niece was just born. Pemba Sherpa, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines, confirmed that both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders have been found. Jagannath Niraula said the flight recorders were found on Monday, and will be handed over to investigators. “I saw that and I was shocked…

The plane crashed into a gorge while trying to land, killing at least 68 of the 72 on board. Passengers included 15 foreigners, but none are believed to be ...

It was flying from the capital Kathmandu to a tourist town 200-kilometres to the west, when it crashed while approaching a new airport. A witness who recorded footage of the plane's descent from his balcony says he saw the plane flying low before it suddenly veered to its left. Passengers included 15 foreigners, but none are believed to be Canadians.