Rescuers carry the body of a victim from the crash site of a Yeti Airlines passenger plane carrying 72 people in Pokhara, western Nepal, January 15, 2023. , Photo Credit: Reuters
According to media reports, at least 32 people were killed when a Nepal passenger plane with 72 people on board, including 10 foreigners, crashed while landing at Pokhara airport on January 15.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines took off from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 10.33 am.
There were 68 passengers and four crew members on board the aircraft. kathmandu post reported quoting a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines.
Five Indians were among the passengers on the plane that crashed in Pokhara, confirms Nepal aviation official Hindu.
At least 32 killed, five Indians among passengers
At least 32 people were killed in Nepal on Sunday after a plane belonging to domestic carrier Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara. A Nepal airport official said that there were five Indians among the passengers in the plane. Hindu,
The daily newspaper Kathmandu Post quoted a Yeti Airlines spokesperson as saying that there were 68 passengers and four crew members on board.
PM Prachanda directs effective rescue operation after Pokhara plane crash
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Sunday directed security personnel and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations after a Nepalese passenger plane carrying 72 passengers crashed near Pokhara airport. , PTI
Nepal PM calls emergency cabinet meeting after plane crash
The country’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called an emergency cabinet meeting after the news that a plane carrying some 72 people from the capital Kathmandu had crashed in Pokhara this morning.
Relatives of the crashed passenger plane at Katmandhu airport, Nepal, January 15, 2023. Photo Credit: AP
An Australian, a French and an Argentinian national were also on board the plane. reuters This has been said by quoting the official of Nepal airport.
While landing at Pokhara airport, the plane crashed on the banks of Seti river between the old airport and the new airport.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said in a tweet that he was deeply saddened by the accident and directed all agencies of the Government of Nepal to launch an effective rescue. After the accident, the Prime Minister called an emergency cabinet meeting, reuters Reported.
he has reached Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
At least 32 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage site. The Himalayan Times Newspaper reported.
According to Tek Bahadur KC, Chief District Officer of Kaski district, the plane crashed into the gorge of the Seti river. Rescue operations are currently being carried out, he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
The details of the accident are yet to come.
Pictures and videos posted on social media platforms showed plumes of smoke rising from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the plane.
Nepal has a poor air safety record.
Last year, 22 people were killed when a plane crashed on a mountain in Nepal. In 2018, a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people on board.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has condoled the death of people in the plane crash in Pokhara.
“The loss of life in a tragic plane crash in Nepal is extremely unfortunate. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families. Om Shanti,” Mr Scindia tweeted.
(with inputs from agencies)