Nepal Yeti Plane Crash

At least 68 people were killed when a Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara on Sunday

Foreign nationals on board the plane included five Indians, four Russians, two Koreans, an Australian, a French, an Argentine and an Israeli.

The weather is also notoriously capricious and hard to forecast, particularly in the mountains, where thick fog can suddenly obscure whole mountains from view

We will give you the details now in this Post.

The plane commanded by Captain Kamal KC, an instructor pilot, made the first contact with the Pokhara control tower from nearly 110 kilometres away. He later asked for permission to switch to Runway 12 which is the western end

“We were not sure why. Permission was granted, and accordingly, the aircraft started its descent,”

The ATR-72 aircraft of the Yeti Airlines was going from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a popular tourist destination. It crashed as it approached the airport for landing

Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said the aircraft last made contact with the airport from near Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. before crashing

"We heard a loud sound and came rushing to the spot (where the plane crash happened). There we could spot a few injured people and dead bodies in the debris,"

A cellphone recovered from the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in Nepal today, has apparently captured the final, very disturbing moments of the flight

The video, which is making the rounds of social media, opens with shots of passengers sitting inside the plane and the city below seen from the window as the plane circles before landing. Suddenly there is an explosion and the screen goes topsy-turvy. The final few seconds show a horrifying fire outside the window and cries of distraught passengers can be heard

Among 14 peaks above 8,000m in the world, Nepal possesses eight (8) peaks which are enlisted in the top 10 world’s highest peak

Since 2000, 17 plane crashes have happened that killed 273 people; of which, 11 alone happened since 2010

The crash is Nepal's deadliest since 1992, data from the Aviation Safety Network showed. In 1992, a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside near Kathmandu, killing all 167 people on board

Khum Bahadur Chhetri, a local resident, said he watched from the roof of his house as the crash unfolded.

"I saw the plane trembling, moving left and right, and then suddenly it nosedived and it went into the gorge," he said

A stall occurs when the angle of attack of an aerofoil exceeds the value which creates maximum lift as a consequence of airflow across it

Stalling is of two categories: Wing & Engine Stalling

Seti river gorge between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport.

Pokhara the city is just 200 kilometres away from Kathmandu, A bus journey takes 6-8 hours.

Just in 40 minutes, you can reach Pokhara from Kathmandu if you choose airplane

“This (Pokhara airport) is the flagship project of the China-Nepal Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation,”, the airport was officially inaugurated on January 1, 2023.

The European Union has banned Nepalese airlines from its airspace over concerns about training and maintenance standards

As per experts, mishandling, malfunctioning of an aircraft system or pilot fatigue could be among the factors that caused the deadly plane crash in Nepal

In practice, at normal cruising altitude of 36000 ft (11 kilometers) "if you do have your cell connection on in the air, you probably won't get any cell towers,"

"The cell towers don't expect there to be traffic in the air, so their radiation patterns are focused on the ground." It's probably only when planes descend to less than 10,000 feet (3 kilometers), as they get closer to landing, that passengers could flip on their phones, connect and cause interference.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Wednesday has lifted the ban on the use of personal electronic devices like cell phones at all times during a flight, provided they are used in a non-transmitting or “Airplane” mode.

Possible electromagnetic interference to aircraft systems is the most common argument put forth for banning passenger electronic devices on planes

Fifteen foreign nationals were on the plane as well: five were Indian, four were Russian and two were Korean. The rest were individual citizens of Australia, Argentina, France and Ireland.

"We heard a loud sound and came rushing to the spot (where the plane crash happened). There we could spot a few injured people and dead bodies in the debris,"

the villagers initially tried to douse the fire from the wreckage by bringing buckets of water. “We also took out 10-12 people, two of them seemed to be short of breath,”

you can't use social media during your flight. Putting your phone in Airplane mode is a safer method

We will see in separate post, Will Mobile works inside, correct? Wi-Fi allowed inside flight by some airlines are the hints.

Phokara Airport is situated above 2700 meters from sea level.

Last communication received from this aircraft at 2875 feet.

The above Aircraft already completed his Trip early morning.