At least 40 people were killed when an aircraft crashed in Nepal on Sunday, a Nepal army spokesperson said, as hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside crash site.
“We expect to recover more bodies,” the spokesperson, Krishna Bhandari, said. “The plane has broken into pieces.”
A Yeti Airlines spokesperson, Sudarshan Bartaula, said there were 72 people onboard – 68 passengers and four crew. According to an airport official, the foreign nationals on board included: one Australian, one French, one Argentinian, four Russians, five Indians, two South Koreans and one person from Ireland.
“Rescue is under way, we don’t know right now if there are survivors,” Bartaula said.
The plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
The wreckage was on fire and rescue workers were trying to put out the blaze, local official Gurudutta Dhakal said.
“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire,” Dhakal said. “All agencies are now focused on first dousing the fire and rescuing the passengers.”
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was operated by Yeti Airlines and flying from Kathmandu, the Himalayan country’s capital, an airport official said. After news of the crash broke the country’s prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, called an emergency cabinet meeting
Nepal’s air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers and climbers.
But it has been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance. The European Union has banned all Nepali carriers from its airspace over safety concerns.
The Himalayan country also has some of the world’s most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks with approaches that pose a challenge even for accomplished pilots.
Aircraft operators say Nepal lacks infrastructure for accurate weather forecasts, especially in remote areas with challenging mountainous terrain where deadly crashes have taken place in the past.
The weather can also change quickly in the mountains, creating treacherous flying conditions.
Nepal plane crash with 72 onboard leaves at least 40 dead
Foreign nationals from Australia, France, Ireland and India among the passengers onboard
आइतबार नेपालमा विमान दुर्घटना हुँदा कम्तीमा ४० जनाको मृत्यु भएको नेपाली सेनाका प्रवक्ताले भने, सयौं उद्धारकर्मीहरूले पहाडमा भएको दुर्घटनास्थलको खोजी गरिरहेका थिए।
प्रवक्ता कृष्ण भण्डारीले भने, ‘हामी थप शव निकाल्ने अपेक्षा गरेका छौँ । "विमान टुक्रा टुक्रा भएको छ।"
यती एयरलाइन्सका प्रवक्ता सुदर्शन बर्तौलाले जहाजमा ६८ यात्रु र चार चालक दलका सदस्य गरी ७२ जना सवार रहेको बताए । विमानस्थलका एक अधिकारीका अनुसार जहाजमा रहेका विदेशी नागरिकमा एक अस्ट्रेलियाली, एक फ्रान्सेली, एक अर्जेन्टिनी, चार रुसी, पाँच भारतीय, दुई दक्षिण कोरियाली र एक जना आयरल्याण्डका थिए ।
"उद्धार भइरहेको छ, हामीलाई अहिले थाहा छैन कि त्यहाँ बाँचेका छन्," बर्तौलाले भने।
मध्य नेपालको पुरानो र नयाँ पोखरा विमानस्थलको बीचमा विमान दुर्घटना भएको हो ।
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“We expect to recover more bodies,” the spokesperson, Krishna Bhandari, said. “The plane has broken into pieces.”
A Yeti Airlines spokesperson, Sudarshan Bartaula, said there were 72 people onboard – 68 passengers and four crew. According to an airport official, the foreign nationals on board included: one Australian, one French, one Argentinian, four Russians, five Indians, two South Koreans and one person from Ireland.
“Rescue is under way, we don’t know right now if there are survivors,” Bartaula said.
The plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
The wreckage was on fire and rescue workers were trying to put out the blaze, local official Gurudutta Dhakal said.
“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire,” Dhakal said. “All agencies are now focused on first dousing the fire and rescuing the passengers.”
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was operated by Yeti Airlines and flying from Kathmandu, the Himalayan country’s capital, an airport official said. After news of the crash broke the country’s prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, called an emergency cabinet meeting
Nepal’s air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers and climbers.
But it has been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance. The European Union has banned all Nepali carriers from its airspace over safety concerns.
The Himalayan country also has some of the world’s most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks with approaches that pose a challenge even for accomplished pilots.
Aircraft operators say Nepal lacks infrastructure for accurate weather forecasts, especially in remote areas with challenging mountainous terrain where deadly crashes have taken place in the past.
The weather can also change quickly in the mountains, creating treacherous flying conditions.
Nepal plane crash with 72 onboard leaves at least 40 dead
Foreign nationals from Australia, France, Ireland and India among the passengers onboard
आइतबार नेपालमा विमान दुर्घटना हुँदा कम्तीमा ४० जनाको मृत्यु भएको नेपाली सेनाका प्रवक्ताले भने, सयौं उद्धारकर्मीहरूले पहाडमा भएको दुर्घटनास्थलको खोजी गरिरहेका थिए।
प्रवक्ता कृष्ण भण्डारीले भने, ‘हामी थप शव निकाल्ने अपेक्षा गरेका छौँ । "विमान टुक्रा टुक्रा भएको छ।"
यती एयरलाइन्सका प्रवक्ता सुदर्शन बर्तौलाले जहाजमा ६८ यात्रु र चार चालक दलका सदस्य गरी ७२ जना सवार रहेको बताए । विमानस्थलका एक अधिकारीका अनुसार जहाजमा रहेका विदेशी नागरिकमा एक अस्ट्रेलियाली, एक फ्रान्सेली, एक अर्जेन्टिनी, चार रुसी, पाँच भारतीय, दुई दक्षिण कोरियाली र एक जना आयरल्याण्डका थिए ।
"उद्धार भइरहेको छ, हामीलाई अहिले थाहा छैन कि त्यहाँ बाँचेका छन्," बर्तौलाले भने।
मध्य नेपालको पुरानो र नयाँ पोखरा विमानस्थलको बीचमा विमान दुर्घटना भएको हो ।
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