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The plane, carrying two crew members and 17 technicians, was going for regular maintenance to Nepal's new Pokhara airport, which opened in January last year and is equipped with aircraft ...
The latest METAR report indicated a visibility of 8 km, with few clouds at 1,000 feet, and scattered clouds at 3000 feet above ground level. [3] [12] However, the Associated Press reported that visibility was low across Kathmandu at the time of the accident. [12] Out of the 19 people on board, 18 people were killed in the crash.
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
The airport is Nepal's third international airport and officially began operations on 1 January 2023, [3] with STOL-operations to Jomsom still being operated from the old airport. [4] The airport is expected to handle up to one million passengers per year, [5] but as of 2024 there have not been any regular international flights.
Gautam Buddha International Airport (IATA: BWA, ICAO: VNBW) — also known as Bhairahawa Airport — is an international airport located in Siddharthanagar (formerly and colloquially still called Bhairahawa) [3] serving Lumbini in Lumbini Province, as well as the Butwal﹣Siddharthanagar urban agglomeration in Nepal.
A Buddha Air ATR 42 in front of the airport's terminal A Yeti Airlines Jetstream 41 at Pokhara Airport in 2019 A Nepal Airlines DC-3 at Pokhara Airport in 1971 Airside at Pokhara Airport. Pokhara Airport (Nepali: पोखरा विमानस्थल, IATA: VNPK) is a domestic airport serving Pokhara in Nepal.
Tara Air Flight 197 [4] was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Tara Air for parent company Yeti Airlines from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal.On 29 May 2022, the Twin Otter aircraft carrying 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew members) departed at 09:55 NPT (04:10 UTC) and lost contact with air traffic controllers about 12 minutes later at 10:07 (04:22).
This is a list of airports in Nepal, sorted by location. The oldest of the country's three international airports, and the hub of air services in the country, is Tribhuvan International Airport , which serves the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolitan city of Kathmandu .