Nepal plane crash: Black box recovered, search operation resumes

• Nepal Army announced that they have found no survivors at the crash site.
• The black box has been recovered.
• Rescue operations continued this morning to locate four missing persons.

Kathmandu, Nepal – The black box of the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed a day ago with 72 people on board has been recovered, according to Nepal airport authorities.

On Sunday, a twin-engine ATR 72 plane from Kathmandu crashed minutes before landing in Pokhara. So far, a total of 68 bodies have been retrieved from the crash site.

“The black box of the crashed jet has been located,” said Sher Bahadur Thakur, a Kathmandu airport officer.

A black box is a flight data recorder that records all flight data using a unique algorithm.

Meanwhile, rescue operations at the crash site resumed this morning.

Rescue operations continued this morning to locate four persons who are still missing, according to Shambhu Subedi, DIG of the Nepal Armed Police Force.

The plane, a 72-seater, crashed minutes before landing at the newly opened Pokhara international airport, which is located close to the old airport. The twin-engine turboprop ATR 72 plane crashed while flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal.

The Nepal Army announced earlier today that they have found no survivors at the crash site. “No one alive has been rescued from the crash scene,” stated Nepal Army Spokesperson Krishna Prasad Bhandari.

Following the plane disaster, Nepal’s Yeti airline announced that regular flights on Monday would be canceled in order to honor the passengers who died.

Yeti Airlines issued an official statement on Twitter, saying, “In mourning for the passengers who lost their lives in the accident of Yeti Airlines 9N ANC ATR 72 500, we would like to tell you that all regular Yeti Airlines flights for the 16th of January 2023 have been canceled.”