The flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been found at the crash site of a plane that went down on approach to the tourist town of Pokhara.
Rescuers recovered 21 bodies from the crash site, where aircraft parts could be seen scattered among rocks and moss on the side of a mountain gorge.Amit Singh, an experienced pilot and founder of India’s Safety Matters Foundation, said the video appears to show a stall, a situation in which a plane loses lift, especially likely at low airspeeds.mountain peaks and narrow valleys
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Pokhara Academy of Health and Science, Western Hospital, where the bodies are being kept. Relatives and friends of victims, many of whom were from Pokhara, consoled each other as they waited. “The flames were so hot that we couldn’t go near the wreckage. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn’t help him,” Tiwari said.
The Russian ambassador to Nepal, Alexei Novikov, confirmed the death of four Russian citizens who were on board the plane.
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