Nepal plane crash 2023

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Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (BBC News)

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.

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Nepal plane crash co-pilot was married to pilot who died in Yeti ... (The Guardian)

Anju Khatiwada joined Yeti Airlines in 2010, four years after her husband died while piloting a plane for the same airline.

“Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in 2006 in a crash of a Twin Otter plane of Yeti Airlines in Jumla,” airline spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula told Reuters, referring to Khatiwada. Dipak Pokhrel also flew for the Nepali airline, but died when a small passenger plane he was flying went down minutes before landing. [rolled from side to side before crashing in a gorge near Pokhara airport](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/nepal-plane-crash-facebook-live-video) and catching fire, according to eyewitness accounts and a [video of the crash posted on social media](https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2023/jan/15/video-appears-to-show-plane-moments-before-nepal-crash-video-report).

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Nepal plane crash searchers rappel, fly drones to find last passengers (Reuters)

Searchers used drones and rappelled down a 200 metres (656 feet) deep gorge in west Nepal on Tuesday to search for two passengers still unaccounted for ...

We will continue to look for them," K.C. "There were small children among the passengers. "There is thick fog here now.

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Nepal plane crash: Search to find last two passengers continues (Aljazeera.com)

Difficult terrain and inclement weather hampering rescue efforts near Pokhara, where plane carrying 72 people crashed.

French and Canadian air accident investigators have said they plan to participate in the inquiry. Officials say the hope of finding anyone alive was “nil”. “There is thick fog here now.

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Harrowing video purportedly shows last moments inside cabin ... (CNN)

A Facebook Live video purportedly showing the last terrifying moments inside the cabin on Yeti Airlines flight 691 before it crashed in Nepal on Sunday has ...

Of the bodies recovered, at least 41 have been identified, Yeti Airlines said in a statement Monday. “The tower controllers didn’t ask why the pilot wanted to use a different runway than originally planned since it wasn’t an issue technically from their end which runway the pilot chooses to land,” Niroula told CNN. The plane’s black box, which records flight data, was recovered on Monday and would be handed to CAAN, officials said. He added that he was watching a Facebook Live stream from Jaiswal during the flight. Several passengers can be heard conversing excitedly in a mix of Hindi and Punjabi; one person says, “Look at that body of water, it’s excellent,” as the plane passes by a lake. It shows a plane window with the wing seen outside as the aircraft banks sharply to the left.

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Co-pilot of fatal Nepal plane crash eerily lost her pilot husband in ... (Globalnews.ca)

Anju Khatiwada was the co-pilot on a Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that crashed as it approached the city of Pokhara, killing at least 69 people.

“When they have stalls, typically one wing goes down and wings are basically generating the lift. The aircraft’s nose is noticeably high before the left wing suddenly drops and the plane falls out of sight of the video, indicating a likely stall, said Amit Singh, an experienced pilot and founder of India’s Safety Matters Foundation. Pokhara is often visited by tourists since it’s the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit hiking trail. “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. Read next: Read more:

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Passenger filmed Nepal crash; co-pilot met same fate as husband (CTV News)

Airplane passenger Sonu Jaiswal's 90-second smartphone video began with the aircraft approaching the runway. Everything looked normal as Jaiswal's ...

[Autos](https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos) [Owning a new car is getting more expensive. [S&P/TSX composite posts small gain, U.S. The latest cash injection into Alberta's budding hydrogen sector is nearly $10 million from Ottawa. He was flying a DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 plane for the same airline when it crashed in Nepal's Jumla district and burst into flames, killing all nine people on board. Families of some victims whose bodies have been identified prepared funerals for their loved ones. In India's Ghazipur city, nearly 430 kilometers (270 miles) south of the crash site in Nepal, Jaiswal's family was distraught and still waiting to identify his body. Jaiswal, a father of three children, worked at a local liquor store in Alawalpur Afga village in Uttar Pradesh state's Ghazipur district. "He was not just my brother," Deepak said. "It was painful." By Sunday evening, however, it had become clear. Within seconds the footage turned shaky and recorded the screeching sound of an engine. Finally, Jaiswal, wearing a yellow sweater, turned the camera to himself and smiled.

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Passenger filmed Nepal airplane's descent before it crashed (Los Angeles Times)

Airline passenger Sonu Jaiswal's smartphone video began with the plane flying over buildings and green fields and ended with shots of flames.

He was flying a DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 plane for the same airline when it crashed in Nepal’s Jumla district and burst into flames, killing all nine people on board. In India’s Ghazipur city, about 270 miles south of the crash site in Nepal, Jaiswal’s family was distraught and still waiting to identify his body. Jaiswal, a father of three children, worked at a liquor store in Alawalpur Afga village in Uttar Pradesh state’s Ghazipur district. Besides Jaiswal, on board was co-pilot Anju Khatiwada, who had pursued years of pilot training in the U.S. Within seconds the footage turned shaky and recorded the screeching sound of an engine. Finally, Jaiswal, wearing a yellow sweater, turned the camera to himself and smiled.

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