Plane crash with dozens dead in Nepal: black box found – airline is on the EU blacklist
Created: 01/16/2023 13:32
At least 69 of 72 passengers died in a plane crash in Nepal.
The rest are yet to be recovered.
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Plane
crashes in
Nepal
: "Don't know if there are any survivors"
Plane
crashes
into
ravine before
landing
: video on social networks shows machine shortly before the accident
Hundreds of
rescue workers
at the scene of the
accident
: the number of fatalities is increasing
After plane crash
: almost all passengers dead
Update from January 16, 1:27 p.m .:
The hope for survivors of the
Plane crash in Nepal continues to dwindle.
But now the black box has been found.
In addition, the bodies of 69 of the 72 people on board have now been found, said the coordinator of the rescue work on Monday of the German Press Agency.
The bodies would be handed over to relatives after identification.
Rescue work on the wreck in and around a 300-meter-deep gorge in the city of Pokhara and investigations into the cause of the accident are ongoing.
The airline Yeti Airlines, for which the accident machine was in use, is on an EU blacklist because of safety concerns.
Due to safety concerns, Nepalese airlines are not allowed to fly in EU airspace, and the safety supervision by the Nepalese aviation authorities is insufficient from the European Union's point of view.
Update from January 16, 9:46 a.m .:
The hope of finding survivors after the plane crash is getting smaller and smaller.
"We are praying for a miracle, but the hope of finding anyone alive is zero," a senior official said Monday.
The emergency services worked late into the night.
Of the 72 passengers, 68 have been recovered dead so far.
The other four passengers are still to be recovered.
In Nepal, the victims were commemorated with a day of national mourning.
Plane carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal: almost all passengers recovered dead
Update from January 15, 3:25 p.m .:
According to the latest findings, at least 69 people of the 72 passengers died in the plane crash in Nepal.
Their bodies were recovered from the crash site in the middle of the city of Pokhara, according to Nepalese Yeti Airlines.
The city is a popular starting point for trekking tours in the Himalayas.
It is one of the worst plane crashes in Nepal in years.
The machine crashed in the morning on the half-hour flight between the capital Kathmandu and the second largest city Pokhara on the landing approach, according to the Nepalese aviation authority.
The last contact with the airport was at 10:50 a.m. local time.
According to the
dpa
, the wreck remained in a ravine in the middle of the city.
Hundreds of police officers and army personnel were used in the rescue work, said a police spokesman.
According to local media, locals also helped extinguish the fire.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
Plane carrying 72 people crashes in Nepal – death toll rises
Update from January 15, 1:39 p.m .:
After the crash of a domestic plane with 72 people on board, at least 68 bodies were recovered in Nepal.
This was announced by the airport authority on Sunday.
The local Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning on the route between the capital Kathmandu and Pokhara shortly before landing.
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The rescue work and investigations into the cause of the crash continued.
Like other Nepalese airlines, Yeti Airlines is on an EU airline blacklist due to safety concerns and is not allowed to fly in European airspace.
Update from January 15, 11:44 a.m
.: A Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Nepal on Sunday.
Shortly before landing in the city of Pokhara, the plane crashed into a ravine.
The machine started in Kathmandu with 72 passengers.
At least 67 people died in the plane crash, officials said.
Hundreds of rescue workers are at the scene of the accident.
Footage posted on social media shows them climbing around parts of the broken plane.
There were video clips that said there was a fire at the crash site.
After the crash, rescue workers fought the flames rising from the wreckage, thick smoke hung over the gorge.
Debris was scattered in a wide area.
Hundreds of curious people gathered around the crash site.
It was unclear whether there were any survivors, a spokesman for Yeti Airlines said after the accident on Sunday.
The news agency afp reports.
According to the airline, 15 foreigners were on board, including five Indians, four Russians and two Koreans.
Plane crashes into ravine before landing: video on social networks shows machine shortly before the accident
A video showing the plane just before the crash is circulating on the Internet.
The plane flies low over a residential area and then suddenly tilts to the left, then a loud explosion is heard and the ground trembles.
Hundreds of rescue workers at the scene of the accident: the number of fatalities is increasing
Update from January 15, 9:23 a.m
.: At least 40 people died in the plane crash on Sunday in Nepal in the city of Pokhara.
This is reported by the Reuters news agency, citing an official from the aviation authority.
This is the worst plane crash in the Himalayan country in almost five years.
Hundreds of rescue workers search the scene of the accident.
The local Yeti Airlines plane lost contact with the airport at 10:50 a.m.
Then the plane with 72 passengers and crew members on board crashed in the so-called Seti Gorge, the aviation authority said in a statement.
The weather at the time of the crash would have been clear.
Update from January 15, 9:09 a.m
.: Shortly before landing, a passenger plane in Nepal crashed.
According to the police, there were 68 passengers and several crew members on board the local Yeti Airlines machine.
A police spokesman in Pokhara told the German Press Agency on Sunday that 29 bodies have been recovered so far.
300 police officers and additional members of the army are on site for rescue work, the spokesman said.
Plane crash in Nepal: A plane with 72 passengers on board crashed shortly before landing.
© YUNISH GURUNG/afp
Plane crash in Nepal: At least 30 dead when a Yeti Airlines plane crashes
The plane crashed on Sunday morning on the route between the capital Kathmandu and Pokhara shortly before landing.
In addition to Nepalese, there were also Indians, Russians, Koreans and one person each from Ireland, Argentina and France on board, the Indian news agency ANI reported, citing airport authorities.
Plumes of smoke and fire can be seen above the alleged crash site on videos and photos on social networks.
The Nepalese city of Pokhara is located about 200 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu and is the starting point for numerous trekking tours in the Himalayas, including the Annapurna Circuit.
The Annapurna massif is a popular trekking region in the country.
There have been several plane crashes in the mountainous region.
Last year, 22 people died in a crash on the Pokhara-Jomsom flight route, including 2 Hessians.
Plane crashes in Nepal - "Don't know if there are any survivors"
First report from January 15, 2023
Kathmandu - A plane carrying 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal.
"We don't know at the moment if there are any survivors," a spokesman for Yeti Airlines told AFP on Sunday (January 15).
Among the 72 people on board are 68 passengers and four crew members.
The rescue work is in progress.
The plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
The wreck was on fire.
Efforts are being made to extinguish the fire and rescue passengers, a local official said.
(AFP/dpa/frs)