Last moments of Yeti Airways flight YT691 The crash occurred about 1.6km (1 mile) from the runway of the brand new China-built airport within the resort city of Pokhara. Flight YT691 was travelling from the capital Kathmandu – a couple of 27-minute journey – when its nostril tilted down in …
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KATHMANDU: The pilots of the Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed in Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara may have failed to fully deploy the wing flaps while attempting to land, leading to a stall, a media report said on Thursday.On January 15, a Yeti Airlines aircraft crashed into a gorge near …
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POKHARA (NEPAL): Nepali rescuers suspended late Monday the search for three missing bodies in the mangled wreckage of a plane that crashed with 72 people on board, with no hope of finding survivors. The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames …
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NEW DELHI: At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a Nepalese 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.Yeti Airlines‘ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International …
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POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from the fiery wreck. …
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Comment on this story Comment KATHMANDU, Nepal — At least 68 people are dead after a Yeti Airlines flight carrying 72 crashed near the country’s new Pokhara Airport, Nepal’s civil aviation authority said Sunday. Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 68 people so far, said Prem Nath Thakur, a …
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