On January 15, a Yeti Airlines’ two-engine aircraft twin-engine ATR 72 crashed while travelling from Kathmandu to Pokhara caught fire while landing and crashed. As per reports, there were 72 passengers onboard, including 10 foreign nationals, two infants and four crew members. So far, 68 have been confirmed as dead. Pokhara is known as the most dangerous airport in the world.
A total of 68 passengers & four crew members were on board the Yeti airlines aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, Sudarshan #Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airlines: The Kathmandu Post#nepal pic.twitter.com/ap0Q02NivV
— Rahul Sisodia (@Sisodia19Rahul) January 15, 2023
Reuters reports that hundreds of rescue workers have indulged in the rescue operations. Krishna Bhandari, an Army Spokesman, said, “We expect to recover more bodies. The plane has broken into pieces.”
#NEPAL– An ATR-72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines, carrying 68 passengers and 3 crew onboard, crashed in Pokhara between old domestic airport and Pokhra International airport. #Kathmandu to #Pokhara.. #YetiAirlines #Nepal #BreakingNews #Nepal #नेपाल#यति #Nepal #pokhra #planecrash pic.twitter.com/tfZbI5jgim
— Harish Deshmukh (@DeshmukhHarish9) January 15, 2023
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency cabinet meeting and urged the state agencies to work on the rescue operations.
An ATR 72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines that flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu has crashed in Pokhara of Kaski district of Nepal.
— Amit Chaubey (@meamitchaubey) January 15, 2023
68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft that crashed between the old airport and Pokhara International Airport.#NepalPlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/AZ8pTX96LU
Videos of the plane descending to the crash went viral on social media.
नेपाल में विमान हादसे से चंद सेकेंड पहले का ये वीडियो बताया जा रहा है.
— Shivam Pratap Singh (@journalistspsc) January 15, 2023
विमान पोखरा के समीप ही पहुंचा था कि एक पहाड़ी से टकराकर क्रैश हो गया. रेस्क्यू ऑपरेशन के दौरान अब तक 22 शव बरामद किए गए हैं. #YetiAirlines #Kathmandu #crashed #crashes #BreakingNews #Nepal #नेपाल #यति pic.twitter.com/hZIPDtqt2c
*Report updated with the revised death toll
