On January 15, a Yeti Airlines aircraft crashed into a gorge near the newly-built airport in Pokhara, killing all the 72 passengers on board, including five Indians, in the country's worst air disaster in 30 years.
Expressing his condolences to the families, the prime minister directed the hospital authorities to speed up the identification of the bodies, make the process scientific and hand over the bodies to the relatives soon, it said.
The nine-member team is enquiring with the airlines' staff and concerned authorities in Pokhara to understand details of the ATR-72 aircraft crash, which has left 71 people dead, including five Indians
Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed minutes before landing on the bank of the Seti River in the resort city of Pokhara on Sunday. A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft.
Days after an aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara, Snapdeal CEO Kunal Bahl has shared the horrifying experience that made him resolve never to fly to Pokhara again.
Nepal plane crash: The boxes could offer vital clues about the crash - Nepal's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years. The black box is usually two different boxes with different functions.
In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal's Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier
Officials said 41 bodies out of 69 recovered so far have been identified
In the video, Yeti airlines' airhostess Oshin Ale can be seen smiling inside the aircraft. According to reports, she was a popular TikTok user in Nepal.
The deadly crash, which took place on Sunday, was Nepal's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years.
The accident took place on Sunday, the Himalayan nation's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years.
Pokhara, Nepal: 68 people have been killed in one of the deadliest plane crashes in Nepal's history.
Nepal witnessed the crash of an ATR-72 aircraft, operated by Yeti Airlines, that was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara.
At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara on Sunday
The aircraft that took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am crash-landed at the airport in Pokhara -- a major tourist destination in the Himalayan nation.
One local official said that some survivors had been taken to hospital -- but this was not confirmed by either the airline Yeti Airlines or others.
A twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft carrying 72 people, operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, crashed in Pokhara, killing at least 64.
Built in the backdrop of the pristine Annapurna Mountain Range, the airport was officially inaugurated on January 1, 2023.
A Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the Pokhara airport on Sunday, killing at least 32 people.
They have been identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha, Bishal Sharma, Anil Kumar Rajbhar, Sonu Jaiswal and Sanjaya Jaiswal, a Yeti Airlines official said.
The announcement came as Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' called an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers following the crash.
Nepal plane crash: The plane had 72 people on board, including 5 Indians and two infants. The Nepal government has declared a one-day national mourning on Monday.