Eyewitness video showed a passenger flight banking sharply in the air moments before it crashed in the Nepalese city of Pokhara on Sunday, killing at least 68 people in the country’s worst plane crash in 30 years. , officials said.
Footage obtained by Reuters – reproduced in the tweet below – showed the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft, carrying 72 people, flying close to buildings in clear weather, before turning sharply on its side.
CNN: At least 68 people were killed Sunday when an aircraft went down near the city of Pokhara in central Nepal, the country’s deadliest plane crash in more than 30 years.
Video shows final moments before deadly crash. pic.twitter.com/4mTG23slah
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) January 15, 2023
The audio of a loud bang was heard, followed by people screaming.
Researchers on Monday found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the aircraft, which was on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to the resort town of Pokhara, gateway to the scenic Annapurna mountain range.
Rescuers were battling overcast weather and poor visibility as they searched a river gorge for missing passengers more than 24 hours after the crash. Sixty-eight bodies were recovered, four people remain missing.
Reuters footage from the crash site showed rescue workers looking at the charred remains of the plane near the gorge.
Source: CNN Brasil
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