Kathmandu, Jan 16 (PTI) The crashed ATR-72 Nepalese passenger plane was previously used by the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, according to Cirium Fleets data.
The Yeti Airlines aircraft took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am on Sunday and crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport in Pokhara, minutes before landing, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.
At least 68 people have died and four people are still missing, officials said, in Nepal’s worst aviation tragedy in over three decades.
