A Plane Crashes in Nepal With 72 Passengers on Board

According to Yeti Airlines and local authority, a plane carrying 72 people crashed on Sunday in Nepal.

A Plane Crashes in Nepal With 72 Passengers on Board

“There are four crew members and 68 passengers on board… Rescue efforts are in progress. The existence of survivors is unknown at this time, the airline’s spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said AFP.

He claimed that a plane had crashed in the heart of Nepal between the old and new Pokhara airports.

Rescuers were working to put out the fire caused by the burning debris, according to Gurudutta Dhakal, a local authority.

Responders have already arrived and are battling the fire. All agencies are currently concentrating on extinguishing the fire and saving the passengers, according to Dhakal.

Nepal’s aviation sector has flourished in recent years, transporting products and people to remote locations and foreign trekkers and climbers.

However, it has suffered from poor safety due to inadequate maintenance and training.

Due to safety concerns, the European Union has forbidden all Nepali airlines from using its airspace.

The Himalayan nation also features some of the world’s most difficult and isolated runways, with complex approaches for even experienced pilots.

A Plane Crashes in Nepal With 72 Passengers on Board

Aircraft operators claim that Nepal lacks the infrastructure for reliable weather forecasts, particularly in the isolated Himalayan regions where fatal disasters have happened.

In the mountains, the weather may change suddenly, making flying dangerous.

All 22 occupants of a Tara Air flight operated by the Nepali airline perished in the disaster in May 2022, including 16 Nepalis, 4 Indians, and 2 Germans.

Shortly after taking off from Pokhara and heading for the well-known hiking destination of Jomsom, air traffic control lost communication with the twin-propeller Twin Otter.

A day later, its wreckage was discovered scattered across a mountaintop at around 14,500 feet (4,400 meters).

Most of the 60 participants in the search effort walked for kilometers uphill to get there.

A Plane Crashes in Nepal With 72 Passengers on Board

Regulations were strengthened due to that accident, and one stipulated that planes could only fly if the whole route were predicted to experience excellent weather.

Fifty-one persons were killed in March 2018 when a US-Bangla Airlines jet crashed-landed close to Kathmandu’s infamously challenging international airport.

The 167 persons aboard a Pakistan International Airlines flight died when it crashed as it approached Kathmandu in 1992, making the catastrophe the country’s deadliest since then.

The same airport was the scene of a Thai Airways plane tragedy two months prior that claimed 113 lives.

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