Mistaken cutting of power caused Nepal plane crash that killed 72 – report
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters A Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 72 people almost a year ago was caused by the pilots mistakenly cutting power leading to an aerodynamic stall, a report issued by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday said. The ATR 72, operated by privately owned Yeti Airlines, crashed just before landing in […]
Essay: Why does Nepal’s aviation industry have safety issues? An expert explains
CHRYSTAL ZHANG, of RMIT University in Australia, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the challenges of the aviation industry in Nepal in the wake of the country’s worst air disaster since 1992…
Nepal finds black boxes of aircraft after deadliest crash in 30 years
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a passenger flight that crashed, killing at least 70 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident for 30 years, officials said. The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft, carrying 72 […]
Search resumes for four people missing in Nepal after deadly air crash
Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters Rescuers resumed searching on Monday in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said. Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out of the 72 people onboard the ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines that crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes […]
At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years
Updated 9am, 16th January (AEST) Kathmandu, Nepal Reuters At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti […]