Nepal - More-Than Sixty Die in Plane Crash - Pokhara - 15 January 2023

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NBC News:

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash.

www.wgal.com

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Aspiring Pilots -- Multiply Runway Number Times Ten for Landing Bearing.
Runway 12, points 120 Degrees - about East South-East.
Runway 20, points 200 Degrees - about South South-West.

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Oops, let's try this again:

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/15/1149322420/a-passenger-plane-with-72-people-on-board-has-crashed-in-nepal-killing-dozens

 

[vls12345]

Nepal plane crash: last moments inside cabin caught on passenger’s Facebook live video

Harrowing footage shows passengers had no idea plane was in danger before crash

www.theguardian.com

In the moments before Nepal’s deadliest air crash in decades on Sunday, four friends from India who were onboard began excitedly recording the descent on a Facebook live video.
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All appears calm in the plane, with no emergency announcements or warnings from the pilot or staff. But suddenly, the plane appears to veer off with a loud roar, and the sounds of it crashing to the ground are captured on the phone camera, before the screen is filled with flames. The burning debris of the aircraft is momentarily visible on the screen before it goes black. No voices can be heard after that.
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The group of friends from India were among 15 foreign nationals who were onboard the plane. The flight was carrying 57 Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one person each from Argentina, Ireland, Australia and France. It plunged into a gorge moments before it was due to land at Pokhara’s new international airport.
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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 also been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance.
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The European Union has banned all Nepal airlines from its airspace over safety concerns.

 

[vls12345]

Nepal plane crash: data recorders found as day of mourning begins

So-called ‘black boxes’ are in good condition, says official investigating deaths of at least 68 people when Yeti Airlines flight plummeted into a gorge

www.theguardian.com

The black box and cockpit voice recorder from the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal have been located, as the country observed a day of mourning on Monday for the victims of its deadliest aviation disaster in three decades.

Teknath Sitaula, a Kathmandu Airport official, said the so-called black boxes were “in a good condition now. They look good from outside.”

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The ATR 72 was on a flight from the capital, Kathmandu, and plunged into the gorge between Pokhara’s brand-new international airport and the old domestic one shortly before 11am (0515 GMT) on Sunday.

“I was walking when I heard a loud blast, like a bomb went off,” said witness Arun Tamu, 44, who was about 500 metres away and who livestreamed video of the blazing wreckage on social media.

“A few of us rushed to see if we can rescue anybody. I saw at least two women were breathing. The fire was getting very intense and it made it difficult for us to approach closer,” the former soldier told AFP.

It was unclear if anyone on the ground was injured.

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Nepal also has some of the world’s most remote and trickiest runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks with approaches that pose a challenge for even accomplished pilots.

The weather is also notoriously capricious and hard to forecast, particularly in the mountains, where thick fog can suddenly obscure whole mountains from view.

 

[vls12345]

Nepal air crash: Who were the victims?

A keen Australian cyclist, a Korean soldier and his son and a local singer were among those on board.

www.bbc.com

 

[vls12345]

Nepal co-pilot's husband also died in plane crash 16 years ago

Anju Khatiwada was co-piloting the Yeti Airlines flight when it smashed into a gorge near Pokhara.

www.bbc.com

 

[vls12345]

Nepal crash: Video from inside plane shows passengers' final moments

A video has emerged showing the final moments onboard a Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal before it crashed while attempting to land in the tourist town of Pokhara.

www.foxnews.com

 

[vls12345]

Nepal plane crash: what happened and what we know so far

A flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the crash site of the passenger plane that went down on approach to the Pokhara airport on January 15.

www.thehindu.com

 

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Nepal crash: Video from inside plane shows passengers' final moments

A video has emerged showing the final moments onboard a Yeti Airlines flight in Nepal before it crashed while attempting to land in the tourist town of Pokhara.

www.foxnews.com

The plane certainly seems to be flying smoothly at this point. I wonder what the heck happened?! 'Glad the black box, etc has been located.

 

[vls12345]

2 American citizens killed in Nepal plane crash

Two U.S. citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal.

abcnews.go.com

 

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EXPLAINER: Why did Nepal plane crash in fair weather?

BANGKOK (AP) — Yeti Airlines flight 691 crashed Sunday just before landing in Nepal's tourist city of Pokhara, the gateway to a popular hiking area in the Himalayas, after a 27-minute trip from Kathmandu.

apnews.com

 

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NBC News:

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash.

www.wgal.com

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Runway 12, points 120 Degrees - about East South-East.
Runway 20, points 200 Degrees - about South South-West.
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Hello, I have seen a video of a man and it broke my heart. That man was going back to his home after visiting a temple because his wife gave birth to a child.

 

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Preliminary findings indicate that the co-pilot/instructor pulled the wrong lever, the result being he feathered the propellers instead of lowering the flaps:

Nepal plane crash caused by ‘pilot pulling wrong lever’

A basic blunder by a senior pilot appears to have robbed an airliner of all power, leading to a crash near the Nepalese city of Pokhara last month that killed 7

www.thetimes.co.uk

edited: co-pilot

 

[fred&edna]

So tragic

Flaps/Prop Mix-up May Have Led To Nepal Crash - AVweb


“At 10:56:27, the PF (Pilot Flying) disengaged the Autopilot System (AP) at an altitude of 721 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). The PF then called for ‘FLAPS 30’ at 10:56:32, and the PM (Pilot Monitoring) replied, ‘Flaps 30 and descending,’” the report said. “The flight data recorder (FDR) data did not record any flap surface movement at that time. Instead, the propeller rotation speed (Np) of both engines decreased simultaneously to less than 25% and the torque (Tq) started decreasing to 0%, which is consistent with both propellers going into the feathered condition. When propellers are in feather, they are not producing thrust.”