The Irish passenger believed to be onboard the flight has been named
At least 68 people are now believed to be dead following the crash, with the plane carrying 72 on board when the tragedy occurred.The disaster occurred near the resort town of Pokhara and footage from the event shows the plane only moments before the fatal crash.It is reported that Ruan Calum Crighton has been named as being on the passenger list and was travelling with an Irish passport.
While the cause of the crash is not clear, the plane was heading from Kathmandu and a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines said that there were 15 foreign nationals, two infants and four crew members on board. A Nepal airport official said: ‘The plane had five Indians, four Russians, one Irish, two South Korean, one Australian, one French and one Argentinian national onboard."The first person to be named in the tragedy was 33-year-old Moscow travel blogger Elena Banduro who posted about her trip on social media as the plane took off.In March 2018, meanwhile, a USBangla Dash 8 turboprop flight from Dhaka crashed on landing in Kathmandu and saw 51 of the 71 people on board killed.
Poor aircraft maintenance and insufficient staff training are a problem in Nepal, so much so that the country's airlines have been banned from entering European airspace since 2013.
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