Nepal crash

2023 - 1 - 16

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Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site (WJCT NEWS)

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...

Why did Nepal plane crash in fair weather? (The Indian Express)

Yeti Airlines flight 691 crashed Sunday just before landing in Nepal's tourist city of Pokhara, the gateway to a popular hiking area in the Himalayas, ...

The airport in Pokhara, a popular tourist destination as the gateway to the Annapurna mountain range, sits at an elevation of some 820 meters (2,700 feet). 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. Professor Ron Bartsch, an aviation safety expert and founder of Australia’s Avlaw Aviation Consulting, told Sydney’s Channel 9 that he also thought the plane appears to have gone into a stall. Pilots say Nepal can be a challenging place to fly, but conditions at the time of the crash were good, with low wind, clear skies and temperatures well above freezing. According to the Safety Matters Foundation’s data, there have been 42 fatal plane crashes in Nepal since 1946. At least 69 of the 72 people aboard have been confirmed dead.

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.

Nepal air crash: Indian passenger's video caught plane's last moments (BBC News)

Sonu Jaiswal captured the final seconds on board the doomed Yeti Airlines flight which crashed in Pokhara.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Officials said 53 of the passengers were Nepalese, along with four Russians and two Koreans. We want the bodies of our loved ones to be returned to us." After visiting the temple, the friends set off on Sunday to Pokhara - a picturesque tourist town nestled near the Annapurna mountain range - to paraglide. They said they were devastated by the tragedy that had struck their otherwise quiet lives. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. His son had left for Nepal on 13 January without informing his family. "I have only heard about it from Sonu's friends. Our lives have come crashing down." Within seconds huge flames and smoke fill the screen as the camera keeps recording. It is a real record," Mr Shah told NDTV. He was part of a group of four friends from Ghazipur in India who were visiting Nepal, and were on the flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara.

Nepal Crash: Told Her Not To Go To Work, Says Father Of Flight ... (NDTV)

Oshin Ale Magar, a flight attendant who studied in India and died in a plane crash in Nepal, left home on Sunday with a promise that she would return from ...

A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft. Her brother is just four years old. She is the eldest daughter among four siblings.

Nepal Crash Explained: Black Box Recovered In Pokhara, What's ... (Outlook India)

Since there were no adverse weather conditions at the time of the Yeti Airlines' plane's crash in Nepal's Pokhara, experts have said that system failure or ...

Together, the CVR and FDR help the investigators reconstruct the journey of the plane and timeline of the accident. Finding and evacuating any survivors is also the first priority. Every flicking of a switch or instrument handling is recorded in the FDR. So whenever the pilot flips a switch or twiddles a knob, the FDR records each action," nots How Stuff Works. Microphones send audio to the CVR, which digitizes and stores the signals. The factors that led to the crash will be clear only after the completion of the investigation, the pilot added. The CVR records every sound inside the cockpit where pilots sit and fly the plane. We are downloading high resolution data and verifying the data quality," flight tracking website Flightradar24 said in a tweet. "The weather was clear. There were no adverse weather conditions at the time of the accident. He later asked for permission to switch to Runway 12 which is the western end. The ATR-72 aircraft of the Yeti Airlines was going from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a popular tourist destination.