68 at least people confirmed dead Sunday when a plane with 72 on board has crashed in Nepal, said the police, in The deadliest aviation disaster in the Himalayan country in Three decades.
“thirty-one (Bodies) were taken to hospitals,” the police said official A.K. said Chhetri told Agence France-Presse that 36 more bodies are still there in the 300-metre (600 ft) gorge into which the plane fell.
This was partially confirmed by the military. with A spokesman said 29 bodies had been recovered and there were 33 more On site in Pokhara in Central Nepal.
“The plane crashed in a gorge so it is difficult to bring the bodies. Search and rescue is continuing. No survivors have been found.” found Army spokesman Krishna Prasad Bhandari told AFP.
one local official He said some survivors were taken to hospital – but this has not been confirmed by Yeti Airlines or others.
Yeti’s spokesman, Sudarshan Partola, told AFP he was among them on board – 68 passengers and four crew members – they were 15 foreigners, including five Indians, four Russians and two Koreans. The rest were Nepalese.
The flight from Kathmandu was bumped and smashed to pieces between the local and the trademark Pokhara-new international Airport on Sunday just before 11 a.m. (5:15 a.m. BST).
distance crashRescue workers were washing hoses down cutting of debris of The twin-engine ATR 72 turboprop as smoke drifted out of Valley of hundreds of people See.
the area littered with What appeared to be parts of The plane, including the seats.
Snapshots shared on social media that appeared to be shot just distance crashand showed raging flames on Earth and black Smoke rises in sky of debris strewn across crash Location.
AFP was not immediately able to verify the footage.
Another unverified clip shared online It showed an aircraft flying at low altitude over residential area banking sharply to leftfollowed by a loud explosion.
Pokhara international airport opened on January 1 is supposed to gradually replace the old one oneestablished in 1958. The city It is a gateway for religious pilgrims and international Backpacker.
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Nepal air Industry boomed in Recent years, carry goods and people between hard-Accessible areas as well as foreign hikers and climbers.
But it was plagued by the poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance.
The European Union has banned all Nepalese airlines from entering its airspace over safety concerns.
Himalayan country also has some of The world’s most remote and challenging runways surrounded by snow-capped peaks with The approach that constitutes a challenge until for Adept pilots.
Planes operators They said that Nepal lacks infrastructure for Flour weather Expectations, in particular in remote Regions with Challenging mountain terrain deadly Accidents have taken place place in the past.
the weather can also It changes quickly in mountains, creating Treacherous flight conditions.
In May 2022, all 22 of them people on board A Nepalese airliner Tara Air – 16 Nepalis, four Indians and two Germans – perished when it crashed.
Air traffic control lost contact with the twin propeller otter shortly thereafter took off Headed from Pokhara for Jomsom, popular trekking the target place.
It was wrecked found A day later, it scattered across the mountainside at about 4,400 meters (14,500 ft) above sea level.
Then crash The authorities have tightened regulations, including that planes will only be allowed to fly if there is a favorable time weather forecasts all the way.
In March 2018, an American Bangladesh Airlines plane crash- landed near the famous Kathmandu with difficulty international Airport, killing 51 people.
This incident was the deadliest in Nepal since 1992, when the number reached 167 people A Pakistan International Airlines plane was killed when it crashed on Kathmandu approach.
Just two months ago, a Thai Airways plane crashed near the same airport, killing 113 people.
