June 5438+1October 65438+May, 2023, a passenger plane of Nepal Yeti Airlines with 72 people crashed in Nepal, killing at least 68 people. According to media reports at noon on 16, rescuers are still looking for the remaining four people whose whereabouts are unknown.
It is reported that the plane crashed from Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital, to Boccara, with ATR72-500, carrying 68 passengers and 4 crew members. Among them, there are 57 Nepalese, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 Koreans, Argentine, Irish, Australian and French each/kloc-0, and no China citizens.
According to the data, ATR72 made its maiden voyage on 1988, and put into commercial service on 1989, and adopted161kw (2190 HP) PW 124. According to the data of civil aviation resource network, from the first crash of ATR72 in 1994 to July 20 14, * * * had a total of 12 major accidents, 9 of which caused casualties of different degrees.
Accident investigation
On October 26th, local time 65438+2023/KLOC-0, according to the Associated Press, the black box of the crashed flight of Nepal Yeti Airlines was being sent to Singapore for analysis to determine the cause of the crash. The cockpit voice recording and flight data recording will be analyzed by Singapore experts.
On February 7, 2023, according to Asia News, the investigation team of the crashed flight of Nepal Yeti Airlines said that the engine lost thrust in the last section before the plane crashed.
On February 6, 2023/KLOC-0, local time, according to Singapore's Straits Times, the preliminary investigation report showed that the engine propeller of Nepal Yeti Airlines crashed passenger plane entered a feathered state, causing the engine to lose thrust.