Nepal Plane Crash: All 72 people, including 5 Indians and 4 crew members lost their lives when a Yeti Airlines aircraft ATR-72 crashed in Pokhara of Nepal earlier last month.
"Both the engine propeller (blades) feather at the time of landing. Both the 12 propeller blades of the aircraft has seen to be feathered at the time of landing," the release from the probe committee stated.
The committee investigating the Nepal plane crash has found that a problem with the engine led to the horrific on January 15, which killed all 72 people onboard.
Information gathered from the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the crashed Yeti Airlines ATR-72 aircraft suggested that there was an issue with the engine.
As quoted by news agency ANI, the committee's report stated: "In ATR-72 aircraft feather means to stay inclined to 90 degrees in spite of being in a certain degree as turned by the pilots."
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