After the deadliest plane disaster in thirty years, Nepal locates the aircraft’s black boxes.
January 16, KATHMANDU – Officials claimed that on Monday, investigators discovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a passenger flight that had crashed, killing at least 70 people in Nepal’s worst aviation disaster in 30 years.
In order to find out what caused the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft, which was carrying 72 people, to crash on Sunday just before landing in the tourist destination of Pokhara, investigators may examine the data from the recorders.
According to the manufacturer’s recommendation, both recorders will be forwarded for study. According to Kathmandu airport official Teknath Sitaula, both recorders were in fine condition.
International aviation regulations mandate that the country where the jet was designed and built’s accident investigation agency be immediately included in the investigation.
ATR is situated in France, while Pratt & Whitney Canada produced the aircraft’s engines there (RTX.N).
Since the crash, every ATR 72 and ATR 42 aircraft have been inspected by Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority, which discovered no technical issues with any of them, according to a statement released on Monday.
According to a representative of the aviation authority, there are now 16 ATR 72 aircraft and three ATR 42 aircraft with multiple airlines in the nation.
More than 24 hours after the disaster, rescuers fought cloudy skies and limited visibility as they searched a river valley for passengers who are still missing.
