On January 15, 2023, foreign news agencies reported on the progress of the airline passenger plane accident.Yeti Airlines domestic flight Kathmandu-Pokhara route had an accident near the foothills of the citypokhara At least 67 people were killed among the 72 people on board in Nepal’s worst plane crash in five years, Nepal’s popular tourist city said today.
Hundreds of Nepalese rescue teams were mobilized to the scene. There were no signs of survivors yet. A local television station in Nepal broadcast footage showing rescuers searching for survivors among the debris of the wrecked plane near the crash site.
‘Plane on fire’, Nepal police officer Addressing the difficulty in helping victims He said the crash site was in a gorge between two hills near Pokhara airport. Half of the plane’s wreckage is on the hillside.
According to a Nepalese aviation official, the pilot had contacted the air traffic control tower. from the area of Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. local time Then the plane crashed.
this passenger plane The twin-engine ATR 72 of Yeti Airlines, aged 15 years, was carrying 68 passengers, 15 of whom were foreigners, including one Australian, one French, one Argentinian and four Russians. Two South Koreans, one Irishman and five Indians left Kathmandu. capital city of nepal Come to Pokhara A popular tourist city surrounded by the Himalayas. Which is about 200 kilometers away, but finally the plane crashed while approaching the destination airport in Pokhara.
yeti plane tragedy The airline crashed this time. It was Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in five years, following the May 2022 crash of a Tara Air passenger plane in the city of Mustang. northern nepal resulting in 22 deaths