Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.
One of the plane s wings hit the ground about 12 metres from the house of local resident Geeta Sunar. Sunar, who had a miraculous escape said, "Had the aircraft fallen just a bit closer to our home, the settlements would have been destroyed,” the newspaper reported. Nepal Plane Crash: Narrow Escape for Settlements Near Aircraft Crash Site in Pokhara, Say Eyewitnesses.
Eyewitnesses of the Nepalese passenger plane crash have said that they had a close shave as the Yeti Airlines plane, with 72 onboard, including five Indians, crashed near their settlement and a bomb-like blast was heard.