Nepal Recovers Flight Recorders Following Fatal ATR 72 Crash

Search and rescue personnel in Nepal’s Kaski district recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of Yeti Airlines Flight YT691 on January 16.

Yeti Airlines ATR72-500 aircraft — Yeti Airlines operated a fleet of six ATR 72-500s before Sunday's crash of the aircraft bearing registration 9N-ANC. (Photo: Yeti Airlines)

By Jennifer Meszaros • Contributor - Asia

January 16, 2023

Search and rescue personnel in Nepal’s Kaski district recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of Yeti Airlines Flight YT691 on Monday, a day after the ill-fated flight carrying 72 passengers violently crashed while on final approach to runway 12 of Pokhara International Airport.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the ATR 72-500 turboprop bearing registration 9N-ANC departed Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:32 a.m. local time on January 15 bound for Pokhara’s newly inaugurated airport. The scheduled flight made final contact with Pokhara Tower at 10:50 a.m. before plunging abruptly into the steep bank of the Seti Gandaki River at approximately 11:05 a.m., some 1.12 nautical miles from the runway threshold, according to the Aviation Herald. Video footage from social media shows the twin-engine turboprop suddenly banking to the left while on base leg.

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