rajini vaidyanathan, reports. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge close to the tourist town of pokhara minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, i thunderous crash and raced outside to see what had happened. we saw a lot of smoke and realised it was a plane crash and we rushed to the site. chaos and confusion as some sprayed water to douse the flames. but efforts to save the 72 on board were in vain. translation: security agencies have to accept this challenge.
into a gorge close to the tourist town of pokhara minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, i thunderous crash and raced outside to see what had happened. we saw a lot of smoke and realised it was a plane crash and we rushed to the site. chaos and confusion as some sprayed water to douse the flames. but efforts to save the 72 on board were in vain. translation: security agencies have to accept this challenge. we are actively working to retrieve and identify the bodies as soon as possible and hand them over to the families. some of the victims have been identified. the plane s co pilot, anju khatiwada, and journalist tribhuvan paudel. his brother told the bbc he felt airlines in nepal don t take safety issues seriously. it s unclear still what caused the crash, but this himalayan nation has a tragic history of fatal airline accidents. as the nation mourns, some are asking if enough
at least 68 people died when a yeti airlines flight from the capital kathmandu, to the tourist town of pokhara crashed close to the runway yesterday. 0ur south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge close to the tourist town of pokhara minutes before it was due to land at the recently opened airport there. translation: we heard a loud, i thunderous crash and raced outside to see what had happened. we saw a lot of smoke and realised it was a plane crash and we rushed to the site. chaos and confusion as some sprayed water to douse the flames. but efforts to save the 72 on board were in vain.