Nepal plane crash-29 May 2022 And 13 January 2023

Nepal plane crash: 4 missing, witness heard man ‘crying for help, but…’ | Top 10

At least 68 people were confirmed dead in the plane crash in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Officials said they had retrieved the remains of 68 people onboard a 72-seater passengers aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines before they had to call off the search operation for the day. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town located 200 kilometres west, when it crashed while attempting to land at a newly opened airport.

Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said that the plane was carrying 68 passengers including 15 foreign nationals, as well as four crew members. The foreigners included five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France. Of the five Indians, four were from the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh and went to Nepal on January 13 on a holiday.

Here are the latest updates from the Nepal plane crash:

1. The weather had been clear and it was not immediately clear what caused the crash, according to Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority.
2. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, reported Associated Press. Bishnu Tiwari, a local who rushed to the crash site to help search for bodies, said the rescue efforts were hampered by thick smoke and a raging fire.
3. “The flames were so hot that we couldn’t go near the wreckage. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn’t help him,” Tiwari said.
4. Another witness said he saw the plane spinning violently in the air as it approached the airport for landing. Watching from the terrace of his house, the witness saw the plane fell nose-first towards its left and crashed into the gorge.
5. One of the Indians who died in the crash was possibly on Facebook Live seconds before the crash. A 1-minute 37-second video went viral late on Sunday in which the man can be seen holding the phone
6. The Indians on board were identified as Sonu Jaiswal (35), Anil Kumar Rajbhar (27), Abhishek Kushwaha (27), Vishal Sharma (22) — all friends and residents of Ghazipur — and Sanjay Jaiswal (26) from Bihar’s Sitamarhi. Police said Sonu Jaiswal was possibly on Facebook Live seconds before the crash.
7. Yeti Airlines, meanwhile, has cancelled the regular flights on Monday to mourn the passengers who lost their lives in the plane crash.
8. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has set up a panel to investigate the accident and it is expected to report within 45 days. France's air accident investigation agency BEA said it would participate in the probe into the causes of the crash and coordinate with all other parties involved.
9. Nepal has a history of plane crashes and the European Union has banned Nepali airlines from its airspace since 2013, citing safety concerns.

site is located 3 km (1.9 mi) east of the old domestic airport, the captain and that atr 72-500 , 9N-ANC were the first aircraft to land in pokhara international airport. Yeti Airlines successfully completed its first demonstration flight at Pokhara Regional International Airport on December 22 after 3rd flight to kathmandu to pokhara it was crashed near and between the two old and new airport on the gorge of seti river

 Plane with 22 aboard, including 4 Indians, goes missing in Nepal

Missing plane with 4 Indians onboard found in Mustang district, status to be ascertained, says ANI citing airport chief

An aircraft flying from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal with 22 people onboard lost contact on Sunday morning, airport authorities said. It went missing in the mountainous region of the nation.

An aircraft flying from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal with 22 people onboard lost contact on Sunday morning, airport authorities said. It went missing in the mountainous region of the nation.

Nepal plane missing: Here is what we know so far

A Tara Air's 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft flying 22 persons - including four Indians and three Japanese nationals - from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal lost contact with airport authorities at 9.55 am today, news agencies reported. "The aircraft was seen over the sky of Jomsom in Mustang and then had diverted to Mt. Dhaulagiri after which it hadn't come into contact," Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma confirmed ANI over the phone

The plane has four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a three member Nepali crew, said Sudarshan Bartaula, a spokesperson for Tara Air. The airline issued the list of passengers which identified four Indians as Ashok Kumar Tripathi, Dhanush Tripathi, Ritika Tripathi, and Vaibhawi Tripathi.

The three member crew of the aircraft was led by captain Prabhakar Prasad Ghimire. Utsav Pokhrel is the co-pilot while Kismi Thapa is the air hostess, My Republica newspaper reported, quoting Pokhara Airport Information Officer Dev Raj Adhikari.

The aircraft was scheduled to land at Jomsom Airport in the Western mountainous region at 10:15 am. The aircraft lost contact with the tower from the sky above Ghorepani on the Pokhara-Jomsom air route, PTI reported quoting aviation sources.

The plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom, a popular tourist and pilgrimage site, an airline official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 said the missing De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft with registration number 9N-AET made its first flight in April 1979.

The country's weather office said there had been thick cloud cover in the Pokhara-Jomson area since the morning. Police official Prem Kumar Dani said a land rescue-and-search team had been sent to the area near Mount Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest peak at 8,167 m (26,795 ft).

Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Everest, has a record of air accidents. It ths weather can change suddenly and airstrips are typically sited in difficult-to-reach mountainous areas.

Nepali Army Major Genral Baburam Shrestha in the Evening said that the plane was spotted in a state of burning at Laningchgola ,an upper area of Lorikota in Thasang Rural Municipality -2 in Mustang district,"The Rising Nepal " news paper reported.

Black box of Crashed Tara Air plane Recovered 

A team of experienced international and national mountain guides on Tuesday retrieved the black box of the Tara Air plane .Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma  of Mustang said that rescuers on Tuesday also recovered the last body from the wreckage site of the plane. .

The black box of the turbo prop Twin  otter 9E-AET plane was recovered from the crash site by mountain guides .The Tara Air plane was found in a crashed state on Monday morning 19 hours after it went missing amidst bad weather.

A preliminary study has revealed that bad weather conditions caused the plane to crash .But the detais will be probed by a five member investigation team