An ATR 72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines that flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu has crashed in Pokhara of Kaski district on Sunday morning.
General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport Premnath Thakur said the aircraft with a call sign 9N-ANC took off from Kathmandu at 10:30am.
Meanwhile, Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers following the crash. The prime minister has directed Home Ministry, security personnel and all the government agencies to carry out immediate rescue and relief operations.
Source: KATHMANDU POST
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Rudra Thapa confirmed with the Post that 25 bodies have been taken to different hospitals in Pokhara for post-mortem. Thapa said the police came to know about the crash at around 11am.
Police Inspector Gyan Bahadur Khadka at Kaski District Police Office said the rescue operation is underway in a full-swing.
Scores of people are feared dead after an ATR 72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines with a call sign 9N-ANC that took off to Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10:30am crashed at Nayagaun of the city famous among tourists this morning.
A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airlines, told the Post. Among the passengers are three infants, three children and 62 adults.
The details of the crash awaited.
Security personnel along with locals are carrying out rescue operations at the crash site.
Source: KATHMANDU POST
A Yeti Airline ATR 72 plane with 68 passengers and four crew members on board crashed in Nepal during a domestic flight from the capital, Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday.
A video posted on social media appears to show the jet flying at low altitude moments before the tragedy.
A rescue team was flown to the crash site on a helicopter, according to the Kathmandu Post.
- “Responders have already reached there and [are] trying to douse the fire,” local official Gurudutta Dhakal said, as quoted by the media.
Source: RUMBLE
- According to reports, the plane crashed while trying to land at Pokhara International Airport amid inclement weather conditions.
Among the passengers are three infants, three children and 62 adults. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the passengers included 53 Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, one Irish, one Australian, one Argentinian, two Koreans and one French. Two helicopters were deployed from Pokhara airport while additional choppers are on standby in Kathmandu, CAAN said in a press release.