Nepalese authorities have recovered the black box from Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed yesterday with 72 people on board, news agency ANI reported quoting officials. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft from Kathmandu crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes before landing on Sunday in clear weather. Sixty-eight passengers on board the aircraft have been confirmed dead.
“The black box of the crashed plane has been found”, news agency ANI reported quoting Kathmandu airport official Sher Bahadur Thakur.
A black box is a flight data recorder that records all flight information through a special algorithm.
The Kathmandu-Pokhara flight had 68 passengers, including five Indians, as well as four crew members.
There is no information about any survivor so far, said Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson at Yeti Airlines.
“The families have been contacted. Our Sub Divisional Magistrate and other officials are meeting them,” the official said.
The plane crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport around 20 minutes after the take-off, suggesting the aircraft might have been on the descent. The flight time between the two cities is 25 minutes.
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