Americans Among The 72 Dead In Plane Crash

Two Americans and two legal permanent residents of the United States were among the victims in Sunday’s plane crash. NepalThe U.S. State Department said Fox News reports Wednesday.

Yeti Airlines flight 691 was traveling from Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, to Pokhara, a city in the central part of the country where the crash occurred. The cause of the crash is still unclear, according to the nation’s aviation authorities. 

“Our thoughts are with the families of those on board,” Ned Price is the State Department’s spokesperson. said. “The United States stands ready to support Nepal in any way we can at this difficult hour.”

72 people were on board the ATR 72-500 aircraft, and all of them died when it crashed. down It is located in a 1,000-foot-deep canyon. Pokhara Airport, the flight’s intended destination, opened earlier this month. The crash occurred at the second In the last year, the Himalayan country.

Monday was a national day for mourning in Nepal. It also happened the same day that the blackbox and cockpit voice recorders from the wreckage were found. The contents of those devices will help investigators determine what caused the country’s deadliest airplane crash in 30 years. Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority confirmed The cockpit recording would be evaluated locally. However the black box will then be sent to France to be examined.

A graphic video of the flight shows a passenger who reportedly live-streamed the events via Facebook. The video captured the moment the plane went down and ended with smoke and flames taking over the frame. Another video The outside view shows the turboprop regional airliner flying low, and seeming to lose control only moments before the tragedy.

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A purported video clip shows one of the five Indian passengers onboard the| A purported video clip shows one of the five Indian passengers onboard the #YetiAirlines A plane filming his final moments before it crashed into Seti’s gorge. #Nepal. According to reports, the incident resulted in the deaths of 68 people.

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Anju Khatiwada (co-pilot) spent many years in training in the United States. Her husband, also a pilot, inspired her to become pilot. In 2006, he was killed in a plane accident while he was still flying the same airline. Khatiwada’s colleagues describe her as a talented aviator, according to the Associated Press.

“Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, died in 2006 in a crash of a Twin Otter plane of Yeti Airlines in Jumla,” Spokesman for Yeti Airlines told Reuters. “She got her pilot training with the money she got from the insurance after her husband’s death.”

All Nepalese airline operators have been barred from the European Union since 2013, citing a lack in safety standards. According to the AP there has been a history of plane crashes in Nepal, including 42 deaths since 1946. The topography of Nepal is one potential reason, with eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, along With rapid weather changes, and an aging aircraft.

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