Nepal

2023 - 1 - 15

Nepal plane crash

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At least 44 dead in Nepal plane crash, with authorities saying an ... (ABC News)

First responders are combing the hillside site where a Yeti Airlines plane carrying 72 passengers and crew, including one Australian, crashed in central ...

Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. "The other half has fallen into the gorge of the Seti river." "Half of the plane is on the hillside," said Arun Tamu, a local resident, who told Reuters he reached the site minutes after the plane went down."

Nepal plane crash with 72 onboard leaves at least 44 dead (The Guardian)

At least 44 people were killed when an aircraft crashed in Nepal on Sunday, a Nepal Aviation Authority official has said, as hundreds of rescue workers ...

But it has also been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance. “Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire,” Dhakal said. The plane crashed on the banks of the Seti Gandaki river just minutes before it was due to land at the newly opened Pokhara international airport.

A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal ... (WJCT NEWS)

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A 72-seat Nepali passenger aircraft crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the central resort town of Pokhara on ...

In 2018, a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people aboard. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines was carrying 68 passengers, including 15 foreign nationals, and four crew members, Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement. C., a senior administrative officer in the Kaski district.

Nepal crash: Dozens killed as plane crashes near Pokhara airport (BBC News)

Dozens of people have been killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashed near an airport in central Nepal. The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to ...

There was huge smoke coming from the flames of the plane. There was also one passenger each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France among others. "The pilot tried his best to not hit civilisation or any home," Deevta Kal added. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called an emergency meeting of his cabinet and urged state agencies to work on rescue operations. Of the passengers, 53 are said to be Nepalese. "By the time I was there the crash site was already crowded.

Nepal plane crash kills at least 40 people, with reports Australian ... (SBS)

An Australian national is believed to be among 72 people on board a domestic flight that crashed in Nepal, with 40 people confirmed dead.

"Half of the plane is on the hillside," said Arun Tamu, a local resident, who told Reuters he reached the site minutes after the plane went down. "The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of reports an Australian was on board the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed in Nepal on Sunday 15 January. A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members. Local TV showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft on the hillside. "Thirty bodies have been recovered and sent to hospital," Mr Niroula told Reuters.

Plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal (Aljazeera.com)

At least 44 people have been killed after an aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on ...

“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire. “So its [the crash] shocking and surprising,” said Limbu. “Thirty bodies have been recovered and sent to hospital,” Niroula told Reuters news agency. Pokhara is a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of Kathmandu. The plane was flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday when it crashed. The plane was en route from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara when it crashed with 72 people on board.