It
is reported that a cellphone recovered from the wreckage of the Yeti
Airlines flight that crashed in Nepal on 21st of january, 2021 has
captured the final moments of the flight. The twin-engine ATR 72
aircraft from Kathmandu, which carried 72 people, crashed shortly before
landing in Pokhara, a major tourist destination in the Himalayan
nation. At least 68 of the passengers are dead. The video, which is
making the rounds of social media, opens with shots of passengers
sitting inside the plane and the city below seen from the window as the
plane circles before landing. Suddenly there is an explosion and the
screen goes topsy-turvy. The final few seconds show a horrifying fire
outside the window and cries of distraught passengers can be heard.
However, the authenticity of the video is not verified. Another video
from the ground had captured the flight's progress as it started
landing. The plane suddenly tilted to the left, turned upside down and
reports say it then burst into a ball of fire.
Rescue work is
expected to continue tomorrow and search is on for the plane's black
box, which is expected to shed light on the reasons of the crash. The
aviation sector in Nepal has witnessed several plane crashes lately and
there have been concerns about safety and training of flight staff.
Since 2013, the European Union has put Nepal on the flight safety
blacklist. All flights from Nepal have been banned in EU airspace after
the International Civil Aviation Organization flagged safety concerns.
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