POKHARA — 2023 · Major Tragedy
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 Crash
On 15 January 2023, Yeti Airlines Flight 691, an ATR 72 from Kathmandu to Pokhara, crashed into the gorge of the Seti Gandaki River while approaching Pokhara International Airport, which had opened two weeks earlier. All 68 passengers and four crew were killed, making it Nepal's deadliest air crash since 1992. Footage live-streamed on social media by a passenger until seconds before impact spread around the world. The investigation found that during the approach the crew had mistakenly moved the levers that feathered both propellers instead of selecting flaps, so the engines stopped producing thrust and the aircraft stalled.
- Date
- 2023
- Place
- Gandaki Province, Nepal, Pokhara, NP
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 28.2000, 84.0000 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 15 January 2023The aircraft crashed into the Seti Gandaki gorge on approach to Pokhara.
- 17 January 2023Rescuers had recovered 71 bodies.
- 2023Investigators found the propellers had been feathered by mistake.
Sources
- Al Jazeera — What happened in Nepal's plane crash aljazeera.com ↗
- The Kathmandu Post — Rescuers recover 71 bodies kathmandupost.com ↗
- Wikipedia — Yeti Airlines Flight 691 en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Al Jazeera
- The Kathmandu Post
- Wikipedia
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