Nepal Plane Crash Update: According to AFP, which cited the police, at least 67 people have died in Nepal today when a plane carrying about 72 people from the capital Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara this morning.
The plane that crashed in western Nepal between the city’s old and new airports had 68 passengers and four crew members. The Yeti Airlines twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was flying from Kathmandu, the country of Nepal.
Six children and 15 foreign passengers were on board. The airline added in a statement that there were 53 Nepalis, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 Koreans, 1 Argentinian, and 1 each from Ireland, Australia, and France on board.
Police official AK Chhetri told AFP that “thirty-one (bodies) have been taken to hospitals” and that “36 other remains have been found in the gorge where the plane crashed.”
A raging fire at the wreckage has made rescue operations difficult, Nepali journalist Dilip Thapa told NDTV. Soon after the crash, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as “Prachanda,” called an urgent cabinet meeting. The Nepali government also established a five-member commission of inquiry to look into the incident.
At 10:33 am, the plane departed Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
The plane crashed into a river gorge on the side of the Seti River as it was about to land at the Pokhara airport. The fact that the incident occurred about 20 minutes after takeoff suggests that the plane may have been in descent. The flight takes 25 minutes to travel between the two cities.
Previous Plane Crashes In Nepal
According to AFP, horrifying aviation catastrophes in Nepal have previously claimed hundreds of lives.
All 22 passengers of a Tara Air flight from Nepal, including 16 Nepalis, 4 Indians, and 2 Germans, died in the accident in May 2022.
A US-Bangla Airlines plane crash-landed close to Kathmandu’s international airport in March 2018, killing 51 passengers.
The 167 persons aboard a Pakistan International Airlines flight died when it crashed as it approached Kathmandu in 1992, making that accident the nation’s deadliest since then.
A Thai Airways plane had crashed nearby the same airport just two months prior, killing 113 people.
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