Concrete Efforts Needed For Air Safety

Nepal has been portrayed globally in a negative light once again owing to the crash of a 72-seater ATR aircraft belonging to Yeti Airlines. The ill-fated plane crashed into the Seti River gorge near the old domestic airport in Pokhara at 10:50 am on January 15. With 68 passengers and four crew members, the aircraft was flying to Pokhara from Kathmandu. With its call sign 9N-ANC, the NYT 691 aircraft went down as it was approaching the newly-built Pokhara International Airport for landing. Fifty-three Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one each from Ireland, Australia, France and Argentina were among those killed in the accident. The bodies of 71 people on board the flight the ‘Black Box’ have already been recovered. Search teams have kept on making their all-out efforts to retrieve the remaining body. The process of handing over the bodies to their respective family members is still going on.