Nepal aircraft crash: 2 black bins recovered as seek for lacking individuals resumes

As the seek for lacking individuals resumed on Monday morning, rescuers have recovered each tthe black bins of the aircraft that crashed close to the Pokhara airport on Sunday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 16, 2023 13:18 IST

Rescue operation is underway after a passenger aircraft of Yeti Airlines crashed whereas touchdown on the Pokhara airport in Nepal. (PTI Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: As the seek for lacking individuals resumed on Monday morning after a aircraft crashed within the small Himalayan nation, Nepal, rescuers have recovered the black field from the crash website.

“The black boxes have been handed over to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN),” stated a spokesperson at Yeti Airlines, Sudarshan Bartaula.

Data from the black field – a cockpit voice recorder and flight knowledge recorder – may show vital in figuring out the reason for the accident.

The twin-engine ATR 72 plane was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara, a vacationer city, when it crashed whereas making an attempt to land at a newly opened airport. Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority stated that the aircraft was carrying 68 passengers, together with 15 international nationals, in addition to 4 crew members.

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According to Kathmandu Post, rescuers have to date retrieved 68 our bodies from the particles of the crash, whereas a seek for the remaining 4 has resumed. Rescue efforts had been hampered by the treacherous terrain, and needed to ultimately be referred to as off at evening on Sunday.

The foreigners included 5 Indians, 4 Russians, two South Koreans, and one every from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France.

Of the 5 Indians, 4 had been from the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh and went to Nepal on January 13 on vacation.

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Jan 16, 2023