The bodies of some of the people who died in the plane crash of Pokhara Yeti Airlines on Sunday are being prepared to be sent to Kathmandu today from Pokhara.
The Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal’s Pokhara sought permission to change the landing pad just before landing. Although permission was granted, the plane could not land in the end. But at the last minute, there was a buzz about why the landing pad needed to be changed.
Local Nepali news portals reported that the crashed plane was supposed to land on Runway-30. The plane with the same pilot and crew had landed once earlier that morning on the same runway. However, at the last minute the plane asked permission to land on Runway-12.
Reports said that the pilot of the plane was Captain Kamal KC, who went to Pokhara from Kathmandu with another flight on Sunday.
Yeti Airlines says it has previously conducted test flights at the recently opened Pokhara International Airport.
Officials said the pilot had also received permission from the airport to land. There has been no problem.
A Yeti Airlines plane with 72 passengers crashed in Pokhara on Sunday. So far 68 bodies have been recovered in this incident.
Search and rescue operations were called off last night due to dark conditions. But this morning it started again. Several hundred members of the police are deployed at the scene.
The cause of the plane crash is still unclear. The Nepal government has formed an inquiry panel to investigate the cause of the accident. The panel is expected to report within 45 days.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the Yeti Airlines flight left Kathmandu for Pokhara at 10:33 a.m. yesterday. The plane crashed between Pokhara’s local and new international airports shortly before 11 pm. There were 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board the aircraft.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced a national day of mourning in Nepal in the wake of the plane crash.
