According to official reports, at least 67 lost their lives as a result of the abrupt fall of the ship belonging to Yeti Airlines
For iProfessional
01/15/2023 – 9:34 a.m.
An airplane with 72 passengers crashed in nepal for reasons that are still unknown and among the people who were on board the aircraft was an Argentine.
At least 67 people lost their lives as a result of the abrupt fall of the ship belonging to Yeti Airlines, going from Kathmandu to Pokhara.
The tragic event occurred when the plane was trying to land in Pokhara, a tourist town in central Nepal.
The aircraft carried 68 passengers, including 15 foreign nationals, and four crew members, according to a statement from the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority.
Fifteen foreigners on board, including an Argentine
The foreigners were five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, one Irishman, one Australian, an Argentine and a French.
The moment in which the ATR 72 twin-engine plane fell abruptly was recorded in a video that quickly went viral on social networks.
???? [URGENTE] A leftover of a twin-engine plane just west of Pokhara, Nepal, killed 44 people today. The flight had 72 people on board and had taken off from Kathmandu, the capital of the country. The aircraft, an ATR 72, was operated by the domestic flight company Yeti Airlines. The plane brought in, alem… pic.twitter.com/AhFATkWx01
— Photos of Fatos (@FotosDeFatos) January 15, 2023
Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal went to the crash site and said the plane was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara, while urging security personnel and the general public to assist in the rescue efforts.
After the crash, the remains of the Yeti Airlines aircraft caught fire, so the firefighters had to work hard to put out the flames before being able to enter the gorge to assist any survivors and rescue the bodies of the victims. deceased.
Nepal yeti airlines crash May the departed souls rest in peace ???? #YetiAirlines #NepalPlaneCrash #Nepal pic.twitter.com/SIw3Bc8zOY
— looneyloserguy__ (@looneyloserguy) January 15, 2023
“The plane crashed in a ravine, so it is difficult to remove the bodies. The search and rescue operation continues. No survivors have been found so far,” an army spokesman, Krishna Prasad Bhandari, told AFP.
Nepal suffers frequent plane crashes and that is why the country was repeatedly sanctioned internationally for the lack of controls. The European Union has vetoed access to its territory for Nepali airlines since 2013, according to EFE.
Plane crashes in Nepal
In May 2022, a plane of the Nepalese company Tara Air crashed and as a result All 22 people on board died: sixteen Nepalese, four Indians and two Germans.
At that time, air control lost contact with the aircraft shortly after it took off from Pokhara bound for Jomsom, a popular hiking spot. The remains were found a day later on the side of a mountain at an altitude of about 4,400 meters.
The plane crashed while arriving in the city of Pokhara
The most serious air accident in recent years occurred in March 2018, when a Bangladeshi airline US-Bangla plane from Dhaka crashed during landing maneuver at Kathmandu International Airport with 67 passengers and four crew members on board. leaving 51 people dead.
Pokhara airport serves as a connection for travelers heading to the town of Jomsom, located in the heart of the Himalayas, a popular destination among foreign tourists visiting the Annapurna peak (8,091 meters) or the Mustang region.
