The cause was an accidental power outage!

The ATR 72, operated by the private airline Yeti Airlines, crashed just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara on January 15th, one of the worst plane crashes in Nepal in the past 30 years.

People hold up protest signs following a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 15, 2023, and in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 16, 2023. Photo: REUTERS

There were 72 people on board the twin-engine plane, including two infants, four crew members, and 15 foreigners. No one survived the crash.

Dipak Prasad Bastola, an aeronautical engineer and member of the investigation team, said that due to a lack of awareness and standardized operating procedures, the pilots mistakenly cut off the power supply.

This caused the engine to "idle and produce no thrust," Bastola said. "But due to momentum, the plane continued to fly for 49 seconds before hitting the ground." ATR is based in France, and the aircraft's engines are manufactured in Canada by Pratt & Whitney Canada.

This is the deadliest aviation accident in Nepal since the 1992 incident, when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside en route to Kathmandu, killing all 167 people on board.

Nearly 350 people have died since 2000 in jet or helicopter crashes in Nepal – home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Everest – where sudden weather changes can create dangerous conditions.

The European Union has banned Nepalese airlines from its airspace since 2013 due to safety concerns.

Mai Anh (according to Reuters, CNA)

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