Nepal

Gov't to probe Yeti Airlines flight that crashed on way from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 72 on board, killing at least 68.

Officials told Al Jazeera that the rescue operation saw some difficulties due to the presence of a big crowd at the crash site. “The rescue operation is going on and we, along with our team, have gathered the bodies”. The bodies have been taken to Gandaki Hospital for post-mortem identification. “All the bodies are now in Pokhara. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. “The process of identifying the bodies has begun,” Tek Prasad Rai, a spokesperson for the Nepal Police, told Al Jazeera.

He said the plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal. The wreckage was on fire and rescue workers were trying to put out the ...

"Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire. AFP was unable to immediately verify the footage. KATHMANDU - An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said.

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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Those on board the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft that plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames in the central city of ...

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. The rest were Nepalis.

POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — 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 ...

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. On the page, she described herself as a lover of travel, and of adventure tourism. 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. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades.

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.

Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation's deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said.

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Nepal has declared a day of national mourning on Monday and set up a panel to investigate the disaster and suggest measures to avoid such incidents in future. KATHMANDU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said.

KATHMANDU, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air ...

“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. It also owns Tara Air, and the two together offer the “widest network” in Nepal, the company says. Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. “Then it crashed.” At least 68 people were confirmed dead, it said. (0505 GMT), the Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. Local TV footage earlier showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft.

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.

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

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 should continue until we get the bodies," senior local official Tek Bahadur KC told AFP. A loud explosion followed. We are searching for four more bodies. Nepal, which has a poor record on air safety, observed a day of mourning on Monday for the victims.

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...

Searchers on Monday found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that crashed on Sunday, killing at least 68 ...

The other 63 bodies had been sent to a hospital, he said. causing a problem in the search." "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.

Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine for three missing bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane that crashed with 72 people on board, ...

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. The rest were Nepalis. France-based manufacturer ATR said in a statement on Sunday that its "specialists are fully engaged to support both the investigation and the customer". A loud explosion followed. He described a "very talented" young woman who was a student in Kathmandu, and also ran a makeup studio and worked on an online business platform on the side.

Ruan Calum Crighton was onboard the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed on Sunday with at least 68 fatalities.

[recording the aircraft’s descent on a Facebook live video](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/16/nepal-plane-crash-facebook-live-video). Mobile phone footage showed the plane veering on its side with a wing close to the ground as it approached the runway. There appears to be little hope that any of the other four people on the plane have survived. It is unclear what caused the crash, Nepal’s worst air accident in 30 years. It has been confirmed that at least 68 people were killed in the crash. Crighton’s nationality was initially described as Irish but it has since been confirmed he was travelling on a UK passport.