Nepal special officials find black boxes of Aircraft after the deadliest crash on Sunday in the Country killing at least 70 passengers on board.
At the crash site, searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday from a passenger flight, officials said.
The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 Aircraft, carrying 72 people, to go down in clear Weather on Sunday just before Landing in the Tourist city of Pokhara.
Both recorders were in good shape and will be sent for analysis based on the recommendation of the Manufacturer, Teknath Sitaula, a Kathmandu Airport official, told Reuters News Agency.
Under International Aviation rules, the crash investigation Agency of the country where the plane was designed and built is Automatically part of the inquiry.
ATR is based in France and the plane’s engines were Manufactured in Canada by Pratt & Whitney Canada (RTX.N).
Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority has inspected all ATR 72 and ATR 42 Aircraft operating in the country since the crash and found no technical faults in them, it said in a statement on Monday.
There are currently 16 ATR 72 Aircraft and 3 ATR 42s with multiple Airlines in the country, an Aviation Authority official said.
Rescuers battled cloudy weather and poor visibility on Monday as they scoured a river gorge for passengers who are unaccounted for, more than 24 hours after the crash.
Two more bodies were recovered on Monday, taking the death toll to 70, said Navin Acharya, an official at the Rescue Coordination Center at Kathmandu Airport. The search was called off for the remaining two missing people as darkness descended and will resume on Tuesday, he stated.
In the capital Kathmandu around 100 people lit candles at a gathering in memory of the crash victims and called on the government to ensure proper safety standards, witnesses said.
Reuters News Agency footage from the crash site showed rescuers looking at the charred remains of the plane near a mountain gorge.
The Aircraft, on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, gateway to the scenic Annapurna mountain range, was carrying 57 Nepal, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 South Koreans, and one person each from Argentina, Ireland, Australia, and France.
Minutes before the aircraft was to land on Sunday, the pilot asked for a change of runway, a spokesperson for Pokhara Airport said on Monday. “The permission was granted. “We do not ask (why), whenever a pilot asks we give permission to change approach,” Spokesperson Anup Joshi said in a statement.
Experts say air accidents are usually caused by a combination of factors, and investigations can take months or longer.
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Anju Khatiwada, the co-pilot of Sunday’s ill-fated Aircraft, lost her husband Dipak Pokhrel in a similar crash in 2006. Khatiwada’s remains have not been identified but she is feared dead.
Nepal observed a day of national mourning on Monday and set up a panel to investigate the disaster and suggest measures to avoid such incidents in the future.
