While the death toll in the plane crash in Nepal rose to 68, mourning was declared in the country. In a statement, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced that national mourning has been declared across the country tomorrow and called on everyone to support the rescue efforts in the region. Authorities stated that search and rescue efforts in the region were suspended until tomorrow. Making a statement after the emergency cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Dahal, Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel stated that the government established a committee to investigate the cause of the accident, and that the committee is expected to report on the accident within 45 days.
YETI AIRLINES CANCELLED ALL NORMAL FLIGHTS
In the statement made by Yeti Airlines, it was announced that all regular flights were canceled on January 16 due to the mourning declared for the passengers who lost their lives. Yeti Airlines, which also owns Tara Air, has a total of 6 ATR 72 type aircraft in its fleet, including the crashed plane.
THE EU HAS NOT INSTALLED NEPAL AIRLINES SINCE 2013
In Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Everest, nearly 350 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes since 2000. The European Union (EU) has not allowed Nepal Airways into its airspace since 2013, citing safety concerns.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The twin-engine ATR 72 passenger plane belonging to Yeti Airlines, which took off from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu at 10:33 am local time with a total of 72 people, 4 of which was crew, crashed while landing at Pokhara Airport, killing 68 people in the accident. It was reported that 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 South Koreans and 53 Nepalese citizens were on board, as well as 1 person each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France.
It was determined that the Tara Air plane, which took off from the tourism city of Pokhara in Nepal on May 29, 2022 and went to the town of Jomsom in the west of the country, lost contact with the tower shortly after taking off and then crashed. The teams, who found the wreckage of the plane after the search and rescue efforts, reached the lifeless bodies of 22 people at the end of two days. There were 13 Nepali, 4 Indian, 2 German passengers and 3 crew on board. In 2018, 51 people died as a result of the crash of the US-Bangla Airlines passenger plane, which was on the flight from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to Kathmandu. (UAV)