2023年1月15日ネパール ATR-72 確定72名全員死亡

 

Date:	Sunday 15 January 2023
Time:	ca 11:00
Type:	ATR 72-500 (72-212A)
Operator:	Yeti Airlines
Registration:	9N-ANC
MSN:	754
First flight:	2007-08-01 (15 years 6 months)
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F
Crew:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: / Occupants: 68
Total:	Fatalities: 69 / Occupants: 72
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near Pokhara International Airport (   Nepal)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal
Destination airport:	Pokhara International Airport (VNPR), Nepal
Flightnumber:	YT691

Narrative:
Yeti Airlines flight YT691, an ATR 72-500, crashed while on final approach to runway 12 at Pokhara International Airport, Nepal.
The aircraft crashed on the bank of Seti River between the old airport and the new airport and burst into flames.

Local media report that the aircraft was initially preparing for an approach to runway 30, but the pilot later requested an approach to runway 12.
According to the published Standard Instrument Arrival procedure, an aircraft has to intercept the Initial Approach Fix (IAF), the POK VOR located at the old airport, at a heading of 087° and then turn right for runway 12. Distance from the IAF to the runway threshold is 2,4 km (1.3 nm).

Classification:

Loss of control

Photos

Video, social media

Map

This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Pokhara International Airport as the crow flies is 142 km (89 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.