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Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused air crash in Nepal: Report

The exact reason behind the crash will be known only after an examination of the flight data recorder, or the black box, the report added

Nepal PM Prachanda meets families of those killed in Yeti plane crash

Prachanda reached the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to meet the families

India's fertility rate dips, but the decline is faster in Bangladesh, Nepal

A significant reason is India's higher fertility rates or the number of children born per woman

Salasar Techno Engineering gets Rs 143 cr EPC contract from Nepal govt

The project received from Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will come up in Dang, Rukum East and Baitadi districts of the neighbouring nation

71 bodies recovered in Nepal's plane crash; last missing to be confirmed

With second body recovered at the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in central Nepal on Tuesday, 71 bodies had been found with the last missing victim remains to be confirmed, an official said

Nepal PM 'Prachanda' expands cabinet to 23 with 6 women in ministry

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal Prachanda on Tuesday expanded his eight-member Cabinet to 23 with the induction of 12 ministers and three ministers of state, including six women ministers

Nepal plane crash: Toll rises to 71, bodies handed over to family members

Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed, two days after Yeti Airlines' aircraft with 72 people crashed in Pokhara, as death toll rose to 71

Nepal plane crash: Death toll rises to 70; handover of bodies begins

Two more persons are still missing and the search operation is continuing

Why does Nepal's aviation industry have safety issues: An explainer

Topography has gifted Nepal with picturesque landscapes, but posits unrivalled challenges to flight operations

Nepal newly elected PM Prachanda to expand cabinet after one month

The RSP will lead the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and will also get one state minister

Difficult terrain, loose regulations: What makes Nepal so risky to fly

In the past decade, there have been two fatal crashes on average every year

Black box of crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft recovered from accident site

The black box of the crashed Yeti Airlines aircraft was recovered from the accident site on Monday, officials said, as rescue operations intensified to locate the four missing people. On Sunday, a Yeti Airlines plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people. This was Nepal's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years. The black box of the crashed aircraft was found at the accident site and it was handed over to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, said Yeti Airlines spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula. The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder were recovered on Monday, as search and rescue teams rappelled down a 300-metre gorge to continue their efforts to locate the four missing persons. Since the accident site lies in a deep gorge of the Seti River, rescuers were finding it difficult to make much progress in search operations, Nepal

Crashed Yeti aircraft was previously owned by now-defunct Kingfisher

The Nepalese passenger plane, which crashed into a river gorge on Sunday with 72 people onboard, was previously used by the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, according to Cirium Fleets data. Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am on Sunday and crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport in Pokhara, minutes before landing, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. At least 68 people, including five Indians, were feared dead, officials said, in Nepal's worst aviation tragedies in over three decades. According to Cirium Fleets data, which tracks aircraft fleet, equipment and its cost, the 9N-ANC aircraft was delivered to the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines in 2007. Six years later, it was bought by Thailand's Nok Air, before it was sold to Nepal's Yeti Airlines in 2019, it said. Cirium Fleets data noted that the aircraft was managed by

I heard a bomb-like explosion, says Pokhara aircraft crash eyewitness

Eyewitnesses of the Nepalese passenger plane crash have said that they had a close shave as the Yeti Airlines plane, with 72 onboard, including five Indians, crashed near their settlement and a bomb-like blast was heard. At least 68 people were killed as the plane crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara on Sunday in the Himalayan nation's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years. Kalpana Sunar was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aircraft falling from the sky and coming in her direction, The Kathmandu Post newspaper quoted her as saying on Monday. The aircraft was tilted at an unusual angle and moments later, I heard a bomb-like explosion, she was quoted as saying. Then I saw a plume of black smoke billowing from the Seti gorge, she added. One of the plane's wings hit the ground about 12 metres from the house of local resident Geeta Sunar. Sunar, who had a miraculous escape said, "Had the

Nepal plane crash: At least 68 dead, rescuers search for 4 missing persons

Nepalese rescuers resumed their search on Monday for the four persons still missing after a passenger plane with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people onboard. The accident took place on Sunday, the Himalayan nation's deadliest aviation accident in over 30 years. Rescue efforts were suspended on Sunday evening. Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport minutes before landing, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). The bodies of people, who died in the air crash will be handed over to their respective family members on Monday, MyRepublica newspaper reported. Assistant Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kaski Anil Shahi said that the bodies that have been identified will be handed over to the ..

Nepal plane crash killing 68 further blights its bad air safety record

As many as 20 Nepalese airlines are prohibited from flying to Europe

68 dead, 4 missing in Nepal's worst airplane crash in three decades

The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years

At least 68 killed in Yeti Airline plane crash in Nepal: Rescue official

At least 68 people were killed 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 on Sunday, a rescue official said. Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). "So far, dead bodies of 68 people have been recovered from the crash site, an official at the Search and Rescue, Coordination Committee of the CAAN told PTI over the phone. However, the dead bodies are yet to be identified, he added. Efforts are on to recover four more bodies, he said. Foreign nationals onboard the plane included five Indians, four Russians, two Koreans, an Australian, a French, an Argentine and an Israeli. There is no information about any survivor so far, said

'Took out buried passengers', eyewitnesses recount Nepal plane crash

Indian leaders also conveyed their condolences on the incident. Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed their grief

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