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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, at least 309 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, at least 309 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
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January 15: A Yeti Airlines plane carrying 68 passengers crashed in Pokhara on Sunday morning.
The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing.
Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane.
Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.
Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.
The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.
“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.
"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS.
According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts.
He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey.
The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning.
It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months.
A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.
The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.
According to Reuters, at least 309 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, at least 309 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The ATR-72 plane which left for Pokhara from Kathmandu at 10.33 am in the morning reportedly crashed in the Seti River gorge while making a final approach for landing. </span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Yeti Airlines spokesman Suman Bartaula said that two pilots, two air hostesses and 68 passengers were on board the ill-fated plane. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Chief District Officer of Kaski, Tek Bahadur KC told the state-owned national news agency RSS that they received information that the plane crashed in the Seti River gorge.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Images released by the RSS show the wreckage of the plane lying in tatters on a cliff with indication of high fatality. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">An amateur video circulating on social media shows the aircraft tilting towards the left before losing its balance to crash. Other videos taken by the locals show thick smoke emanating from the crash site. However, the authorities are yet to make any official statement on the number of casualties saying that they are awaiting further details.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The aircraft of Yeti Airlines that crashed in Pokhara today had taken permission for landing,</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft had taken permission for landing before the crash.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">“The aircraft had took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am and had taken permission to land,” RSS quoted the CAAN information officer Gyanendra Bhul as saying.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">"There was no weather issue. The accident took place due to technical problem with the aircraft according to the preliminary information. We have received information that aircraft the caught fire in the sky," Bhul told RSS. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to CAAN, there were 68 passengers on board the plane including 60 Nepali nationals, and eight foreigners and four crew members including Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada. Among the passengers 62 were adults, three were children and three infants, RSS reported. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has directed the bodies concerned to ensure prompt and effective rescue efforts. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">He instructed the Home Secretary, chief of Security and Coordination Division, the Kaski District Administration Office and the security bodies not to leave any stone unturned to guarantee prompt and effective rescue efforts in the aftermath of the plane crash, according to his press coordinator Nawaraj Pandey. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Minister reached Tribhuvan International Airport to take updates of the incident. The Yeti Airlines aircraft that left for Pokhara from TIA carrying 68 passengers crashed following a failed landing approach at Pokhara Regional International Airport Sunday morning. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">It is the second fatal crash of an aircraft in Nepal within eight months. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tara Air plane had crashed in Mustang district on May 29 last year killing 22 people on board. It may be noted that Tara Air is a sister company of Yeti Airlines. Back then, it was found that the Twin Otter aircraft with call sign 9N-AET was more made than four decades ago leading to speculations that the plane crashed because it was too old to fly.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The recent crashes is a further blow to Nepal’s aviation sector which is seeking the European Union to lift a ban on Nepali airline companies from flying in European skies. The EU has banned Nepali airlines from flying in European airspace since 2013 citing safety concerns.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt">According to Reuters, at least 309 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000.</span></span></span></p>
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