Authorities have recovered the black field from the regional passenger airplane that crashed moments earlier than it landed in Nepal, killing at the very least 68 individuals.
The cockpit voice recorder and flight information recorder have been each present in “good condition” and handed to the civil aviation authority on Monday, officers mentioned.
Black packing containers may be important for investigators to establish why a crash occurred and reconstruct the occasions that result in the incident.
It stays unclear what induced the crash.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of reports an Australian was on board the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed in Nepal on Sunday 15 January,” the spokesperson advised 9News.
“The Australian Embassy is urgently seeking to confirm the welfare of the Australian.”
Harrowing mission to recuperate our bodies
Nepal has began a day of mourning after the crash whereas making an attempt to land at a newly opened airport.
Rescue staff rappelled down a 300-metre gorge to proceed the search.
Two extra our bodies have been discovered on Monday morning.
The our bodies are being stored within the Pokhara Academy of Health and Science, Western Hospital.
Gyan Khakda, a police spokesperson within the district, mentioned 31 our bodies have been recognized and will likely be handed over to household after officers end autopsy stories.
Fifteen international nationals have been on board, together with 5 Indians, 4 Russians, two South Koreans, and one every from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France, Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority mentioned in an announcement.
The our bodies of foreigners and people which are unrecognisable will likely be despatched to Kathmandu for additional investigation.
A witness who recorded footage of the airplane’s descent from his balcony mentioned he noticed the airplane flying low earlier than it immediately veered to its left.
“I saw that and I was shocked… I thought that today everything will be finished here after it crashes, I will also be dead,” mentioned Diwas Bohora.
After it crashed, purple flames erupted and the bottom shook violently, like an earthquake, Bohora mentioned.
“I was scared. Seeing that scene, I was scared.”
Another witness mentioned he noticed the plane spinning violently within the air after it started descending to land, watching from the terrace of his home.
Finally, Gaurav Gurung mentioned, the airplane fell nose-first in direction of its left and crashed into the gorge.
Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority mentioned the plane final made contact with the airport from close to Seti Gorge at 10:50am native time earlier than crashing.
The twin-engine ATR 72 plane, operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, was competing the 27-minute flight from the capital, Kathmandu, to Pokhara, 200 kilometres (125 miles) west.
