Nepal flight

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...

Nepal co-pilot's husband also died in plane crash 16 years previously (BBC News)

Anju Khatiwada was co-piloting the Yeti Airlines flight when it smashed into a gorge near Pokhara.

At the crash site in Pokhara, parts of the plane Anju was co-piloting lay scattered on the banks of the River Seti, strewn like battered pieces of a broken toy. Anju later remarried and had a second child as she continued to build her career. The mountain terrain and often unpredictable weather can be tricky to navigate, and are often cited as reasons. "She was a brave woman.' But others point to outdated aircraft, lax regulations and poor oversight as equally important factors. "She was a determined woman who stood for her dreams and fulfilled the dreams of her husband," family member Santosh Sharma said.

Nepal plane crash: what happened and what we know so far (The Hindu)

A flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the crash site of the passenger plane that went down on approach to the Pokhara ...

The runway of Pokhara International Airport, for example, is 45 metres wide and 2,500 metres long. The Himalayan nation, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, has a troubling history of aviation accidents. “Throughout the flight, the transponder on 9N-ANC sent erroneous altitude and speed data. Officials stopped the search and rescue operation overnight after battling cloudy weather and poor visibility for hours. A witness told the newspaper that she was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw the tilted plane. The plane made final contact with the airport at 10.50 a.m. The plane smashed into pieces and burst into flames after it plummeted into a gorge. Soldiers from the Nepal Army, the Armed Police Force personnel, the Nepal Police and locals rushed in to search for survivors. The fire was getting very intense and it made it difficult for us to approach closer,” the witness said. Moments before its scheduled landing, the aircraft crashed between the old airport and the new airport on the bank of the Seti River around 11 a.m. It remains unclear what caused the crash in non-windy weather, but the [black box of the crashed aircraft was recovered](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepal-yeti-airlines-plane-crash-in-pokhara/article66382027.ece) on Monday. [crashed into a gorge on Sunday while attempting to land](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nepal-plane-crash-five-indians-onboard-aircraft-confirms-embassy/article66380862.ece) at the newly opened international airport in the city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 on board.

Viral Video Of Nepal Flight Air Hostess Is Old, Not 'Minutes Before ... (NDTV)

Nepal is mourning the death of 69 people in Sunday's deadly plane crash, the worst aviation disaster in the country in three decades. Among the victims was ...

A screen recording of Oshin Ale Magar's TikTok also confirms that the viral video does not capture the moments before the crash. Several media outlets shared the video, saying it was filmed by Ale Magar moments before the crash. Among the victims was 24-year-old flight attendant Oshin Ale Magar, who left home promising that she would be back to celebrate Maghe Sankranti festival with her family.

'Nepal's plane turned into smoke, flames minutes before landing' (Anadolu Agency)

More than 800 killed in around 109 air crashes in Nepal since 1955 as search going on for last one missing passenger in Sunday's deadliest crash - Anadolu ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. He said the deceased female pilot Khatiwada joined the airline in June 2010 and had flown aircraft for more than 6,396 hours in her career. and the aircraft was in good condition ... During the briefing, it was said the pilot took the plane to the gorge to protect the settlement. "There are many reasons for plane crashes, (and) it takes time to understand the actual reason. Bartaula, speaking to Anadolu from TU Teaching Hospital Kathmandu, where 48 dead bodies from the crash site had been brought, said: "We are still shocked (about) what had happened ... Weather was fair (with) no wind, nor was there any (air) traffic ... "This aircraft had done its first flight on the same route." According to Bartaula, the airline's spokesperson, it was around 11:03 a.m. we also don't know the cause … after 10-15 seconds, they only saw smoke and flames," Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson for Yeti Airlines, told Anadolu from Kathmandu. "(The airline's staff in Pokhara) saw the aircraft coming and approaching (the airport) …

Video shows last seconds inside Nepal flight; co-pilot's husband ... (USA TODAY)

All 68 passengers and a crew of four perished on the Yeti Airlines flight Sunday, and all but one body has been recovered, authorities said. Indian passenger ...

An ATR 72-600 operated by the same Taiwanese airline crashed shortly after takeoff in Taipei in February 2015 after one of its engines failed and the second was shut down, apparently by mistake.] [Contributing: The Associated Press] The weather was clear, there was very little wind, and the pilots reported no technical issues, he said.] [What type of plane crashed in Nepal?] [The ATR 72-500 plane was built by the French-Italian aerospace company ATR, based in Toulouse, France. The Nepal government formed a five-member commission to probe the tragedy, and the data and cockpit voice recorders have been recovered. She added that the sound of an engine suggests that one or both of them was functioning. Indian passenger Sonu Jaiswal’s 90-second video posted on Facebook shows the view from the plane as it flies over buildings and green fields in Pokhara, a city in the foothills of the Himalayas. Sonu Jaiswall was the father of three children.