INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pokhara plane crash: One more body recovered
Flight information, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash website
Yesterday, the
country saw among its worst mishaps in domestic aviation history after a 9N-ANC Yeti Airline flight NYT691, bring 72 souls on board,
consisting of four team members, crashed into a canyon in Pokhara after removing from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 10:32
Rescue and recovery operation continued throughout yesterday and today, with 69 bodies recovered up until now in addition to the FVR and
CVR.
According to CAAN, 41 of the recuperated bodies have actually been recognized and the authorities have started handing them over to
the respective families after carrying out post-mortem
A military helicopter has actually been sent to Pokhara to bring the remaining bodies to Kathmandu
On the other hand, search operation for the three missing out on bodies has been halted for today and will be continued early tomorrow,
according to the district authorities workplace of Kaski.EYEWITNESS TESTIMONYKhyam Jayru, a senior aircraft upkeep officer at Avia Club
Nepal, was going through his day-to-day regimen, repairing aircraft parts at his garage alongside his coworkers in the old domestic airport
of Pokhara when he experienced the 9N-ANC Yeti Airline flight NYT691, making its last manoeuvre towards the landing site at the new global
airport.Although the plane appeared to be flying at low altitude and speed, Jayru returned to work thinking it was a normal procedure at the
time.His attention was drawn back to the aircraft when one of the foreign pilots nearby started to panic over the airplanes odd behaviour
Just seconds later on, Jayru saw the airplane making a turn prior to plummeting to the ground
It is regular for an aircraft to approach the runway of Pokhara Regional International Airport from over the old airport
At the time, something did seem wrong as it was flying at an extremely low altitude and was likewise short on speed
The noise of the planes engine was likewise really faint compared to typical flights showing that it was flying at extremely low
transformations per minute, he said.Jayru included that the plane had most likely stalled as an outcome prior to the crash.THEORIES AND
SPECULATIONSFollowing the release of some videos of the aircraft seconds before the accident, lots of people have actually hypothesized the
aircraft had actually experienced an aerodynamic stall
Air travel specialists and transport analysts have likewise speculated the same in different reports of the global media
A classic stall, where you lose aerodynamic lift over your wings, the nose is up and the aircraft seemed to be travelling very sluggish
prior to the left wing fell, an expert shared her speculation on CNN
Although not likely, it appears that the aircraft stalled where an airplane normally loses lift from one of the wings before the other which
is what seemed to have happened here, another analyst told Al Jazeera.Meanwhile, Jimbo Burgess, a former senior check and training captain
who operated in Nepal for over two-and-a-half years till 2012, likewise opined that a stall might have developed moments before the effect
It looks as though a stall had actually established moments before effect
Understanding why this occurs may be crucial in the coming examination
The approach and landing stage is the most intense part of a flight as a lot is going on in and out of the cockpit in addition to the
unforgiving mountainous terrain, fast-changing winds, and weather condition
It is not a surprise that pilots in Nepal need to go through additional training prior to flying into particular mountainous airports such
as Pokhara, Burgess told The Himalayan Times
Based on my time in Nepal, the regulators and bodies concerned will constantly face obstacles
A market that is reliant on professionalism, ability, and airmanship while being built upon a structure of social hierarchy and status does
not constantly come hand in hand
It postures the difficulty of how the regulator makes sure that air security procedures are followed while complying with the cultural
There is no rejecting that flying in Nepal has its dangers
However, when mishaps happen regularly, it is clear something requires to be done, he stated.TOO EARLY TO SAY ANYTHINGAccording to
Jagannath Niraula, spokesperson for the CAAN, it is prematurely to speculate anything as the specific factor for the crash is yet to be
He said the Air Crash Investigation Committee formed by the government the other day was checking out the mishap and would release a report
within 45 days.He likewise clarified that the age of the airplane did not contribute in causing accidents as daily assessments, pre-flight
assessments, scheduled evaluations, replacements, and tests of various aircraft components and parts are carried out by the authority and
the respective airline companies in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation standards to inspect the airworthiness of any
particular aircraft.Following the accident, all ATR aircraft flying in the country were subject to comprehensive technical tests under the
federal governments direction
According to CAAN, no concerns were discovered in any of the aircraft.A version of this post appears in the print on January 17, 2023, of
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
