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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 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 [update] there have not been any regular international flights.
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.
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
Nepal's aviation regulator has banned helicopters from conducting "non-essential" flights, including those for sight-seeing, for two months after a deadly crash in the Everest region in which six ...
On 15 June 1955, the airport was inaugurated by King Mahendra and renamed Tribhuvan Airport in memory of the king's father. The airport was again renamed to Tribhuvan International Airport in 1964. [12] In 1957, the original 3,700 feet (1,100 m) grass runway 16/34 was re-laid in concrete.
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.