The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) reported that they had recovered the flight data recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) protecting the black boxes from the remains of the ATR-72 from Yeti Airlineswhich fell in Nepal on January 15.
the CAN pointed out that the 72 people on boardfound so far 69 bodies and only 41 victims were identified from the authorities.
A five-person government commission headed by began investigating the accident on Monday Nagendra Ghimire, Former Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.
The report is that the TRC and FDR They are in good condition, so both were handed over to the Nepalese Army to be sent to the Commission of Inquiry.
To recover these items, search and rescue teams rappeled into a ravine 300 meterswhere the plane crashed. the two recorders They help investigators reconstruct the procedures performed on the plane and the chronology of the accident, allowing them to find out what happened to the internal systems, what warnings were issued, how the pilots responded, and what the communications were like with ground control.
According to data from flight timeRescue efforts were hampered by difficult terrain, including the plane crashing into it a canyon.
On January 15, 2023, Yeti Airlines ATR-72, registered under the license plate 9N-ANCoperated the flight YT691 of the Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Pokhara International Airport (PKR), when the turboprop stalled on final approach and crashed into a ravine off the runway PKR.
because of the accidentYeti Airlines canceled all of its flights on January 16, 2023. The airline owned a fleet of six ATR-72, including the one involved in the accident.
ATR, fManufacturer of the aircraft, reported that its specialists are determined to assist their client in the investigation.