Rescue teams search for victims at the site of the Yeti Airlines plane crash, in Pokhara on January 17, 2023. - The Yeti Airlines flight with 68 passengers and four crew plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames as it ap The plane crash that killed 72 people in Nepal on Jan.
15, 2023, has been attributed to pilot error following the release of a preliminary investigative report.Earlier this week, the Nepalese Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission released its preliminary report on the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed into a river gorge in Pokhara.
The plane was carrying 72 passengers in total, including the crew, all of whom perished. The report indicates that on descent one of the pilots selected the wrong lever, feathering the propellors instead of lowering the flaps.
A plane crash Sunday near an airport in Nepal has killed at least 68 people, according to investigators.Two captains were operating the plane.