A Nepal Airlines Yeti Airways plane with 72 people on board – 68 passengers and 4 crew members – had an accident on Sunday when it was covering an internal route. The death toll now rises to 68, While the search and rescue missions continue, the device became difficult when the device fell into a ravine, the device in which 36 bodies were found, according to police sources reported by Dpa.
Apparently, the plane had a malfunction, which the pilots did not report to the control tower, according to sources at the airport. The Government of Nepal considers the incident to be One of the worst in the country’s history And decided a national day of mourning for this Monday after the convening of the extraordinary cabinet.
Accounts about the existence of survivors are contradictory. “They have not been found yet,” army spokesman Krishna Prasad Bhandari told AFP. However, a local official initially said that “some” survivors were taken to hospital, but this has not been confirmed by Yeti Airlines or other sources.
The plane had left Kathmandu for Pokhara at 10:33 am (local time) and had an accident when it landed at Pokhara International Airport, on the banks of the City River.
The plane landed between the new and old Pokhara airportsin central Nepal. The plane caught fire and hundreds of workers rushed to the scene to put out the flames, according to Gorodota Dhakal, a local official.
Among the passengers on the flight were six minors Two children, and a total 15 foreignersSudrashan Bardaula, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines, said the five nationals are from India, four Russians, one Korean, one Argentine, an Australian, an Irishman and a Frenchman.
Rescuers have already reached the site and are trying to put out the fire. “All agencies are focused on putting out the fire and rescuing the passengers,” Gorodota Dhakal said.
Initially, 40 deaths were reported, although it was warned that the number would be higher. And so it became. We hope to recover more bodies. “The plane was blown to pieces,” Krishna Bhandari said.
Local television showed some pictures in which the remains of the plane were seen covered in a large cloud of smoke, and a large number of workers tried to put out the fire.
investigation committee
The Nepali Finance Minister reported that the government has set up a working group to investigate what happened. According to the specialized website FlightRadar24, the plane was damaged I was 15 years old. It is the ATR72, a widely used twin-engine turboprop aircraft manufactured by a joint venture between Italy’s Airbus and Leonardo. According to its website, Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 aircraft.
Plane crashes are common in Nepal, which is home to eight of the 14 highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, where the weather can change suddenly, creating dangerous conditions. The last one took place less than a year ago, in May, with 22 people on board.
first Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahl He has called an emergency meeting with his government to discuss what happened.
