68 dead in Nepal plane crash

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 01-15-23, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

Why tragedies still happening like this with all the technology available to pilots

One question: *Didn't a similar tragedy happen in Nepal in L6 months?

**Allure** · 01-15-23, 01:14 PM

Nature > technology

**slayer14** · 01-15-23, 01:15 PM

Kathmandu one of the worst places to land a plane because of at
high altitude, surely more awareness is required by the pilots landing planes there.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 01-15-23, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by Allure

Nature > technology

That's for sure. The more you read, it's an eye-opener.

**Seattle Slew** · 01-15-23, 01:22 PM

Unless it's fake, someone on board was filming on Facebook live, crash as it happened. It's on Twitter.

Just awful.

**stevenash** · 01-15-23, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Allure

Nature > technology

Mother Nature and Father Time are undefeated, and never will be beat.

**JayLA** · 01-15-23, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Seattle Slew

Unless it's fake, someone on board was filming on Facebook live, crash as it happened. It's on Twitter.

Just awful.

What do Iook for on Twitter?

Nevermind just saw it, crazy

**johnnyvegas13** · 01-15-23, 01:25 PM

Video online of guy live streaming on plane before it exploded in flames mid air

**pavyracer** · 01-15-23, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

Kathmandu one of the worst places to land a plane because of at
high altitude, surely more awareness is required by the pilots landing planes there.

But the accident was not in Katmandu. It was in Pokhara which is at 2700 ft altitude. In comparison the Denver airport in the US is at 5400 ft altitude. Mexico City airport is at 7500 ft altitude. Bogota airport in Colombia is at 9000 ft altitude.

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 01-15-23, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by JayLA

What do Iook for on Twitter?

Nevermind just saw it, crazy

That was wild

Damn

RIP

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 01-15-23, 01:37 PM

Ugh so the plane just exploded in midair? The guy streaming had a smile right before it

**209 Life** · 01-15-23, 02:15 PM

Just saw this video the guy staring at camera and just engulfed in fire in no time.

**Kermit** · 01-15-23, 02:17 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WARNING: Make certain you wish to see this before playing it. No sound on is an acceptable option too.<br><br>The terrible last moments of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NepalPlaneCrash?src=hash&ref_src=tws rc%5Etfw">#NepalPlaneCrash</a> <a href="https://t.co/0wZWiQBHCV">pic.twitter.com/0wZWiQBHCV</a></p>— Glass Half Wrong  (@GlassHalfWrong) <a href="https://twitter.com/GlassHalfWrong/status/1614626032861978627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >January 15, 2023</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

**homie1975** · 01-15-23, 02:25 PM

vid looks fake

tragedy

plane type similar to the one in buffalo 2009

two propellers

i need JET ENGINES not propellers

God Speed to the victims

**homie1975** · 01-15-23, 02:37 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

Why tragedies still happening like this with all the technology available to pilots

Slayer
3rd world countries do not take care of their planes like first world countries.
their pilot training is not as advanced likes ours in the USA and first world is.

we have only had 1 death on a US carrier since 2009. 14 years.

2009 was the buffalo tragedy.

the only death since then was the poor lady who got sucked out the window of the Southwest 737 when the engine shell broke off and smashed into the window.

outside of her death, not a single one in 14 years.

yeah, but people are still afraid to fly in the USA LMFAO

but they will drive which is 10,000x greater chance of dying

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 01-15-23, 02:39 PM

Sympathies to those who perished.

**Seattle Slew** · 01-15-23, 06:12 PM

There's another video from the ground showing the plane about to crash. It was flying normal, then just went on its side near the airport.

Experts saying it was a stall, which is usually pilot error on approach. Incredibly, the airport they were flying into just opened in January.

**GunShard** · 01-15-23, 06:57 PM

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last video of A Yeti Airlines plane crashed at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal with 72 people on board and burst into flames. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/planecrash?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5E tfw">#planecrash</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvGeek?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >#AvGeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/n0xEPPDcVD">pic.twitter.com/n0xEPPDcVD</a></p>— Ashoke Raj (@Ashoke_Raj) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ashoke_Raj/status/1614519207890407424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >January 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

**DrunkHorseplayer** · 01-15-23, 07:08 PM

Never fly unless absolutely necessary.

**mtofell** · 01-15-23, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

But the accident was not in Katmandu. It was in Pokhara which is at 2700 ft altitude. In comparison the Denver airport in the US is at 5400 ft altitude. Mexico City airport is at 7500 ft altitude. Bogota airport in Colombia is at 9000 ft altitude.

A lot of times its not so much the altitude but all the mountains around the airports. They put runways in some pretty crazy places. Also, other countries have MUCH less strict requirements for plane maintenance, pilot training, etc. I listen to a great podcast called "Black Box Down". They profile past crashes and go in depth as to what went wrong. There have been lots of them regarding crashes in South America. It's easy for pilots to get disoriented and run into a mountain while trying to find the airport...although this one looks to be mechanical. I fly a lot and listening to these actually makes me feel better about it.

A lot of things have to go wrong for there to be a crash. US airlines operate +/- 25,000 flights/day and crashes are virtually non-existent.

**homie1975** · 01-15-23, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by mtofell

A lot of times its not so much the altitude but all the mountains around the airports. They put runways in some pretty crazy places. Also, other countries have MUCH less strict requirements for plane maintenance, pilot training, etc. I listen to a great podcast called "Black Box Down". They profile past crashes and go in depth as to what went wrong. There have been lots of them regarding crashes in South America. It's easy for pilots to get disoriented and run into a mountain while trying to find the airport...although this one looks to be mechanical. I fly a lot and listening to these actually makes me feel better about it.

A lot of things have to go wrong for there to be a crash. US airlines operate +/- 25,000 flights/day and crashes are virtually non-existent.

see post #16

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 01-15-23, 08:24 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

Slayer
3rd world countries do not take care of their planes like first world countries.
their pilot training is not as advanced likes ours in the USA and first world is.

we have only had 1 death on a US carrier since 2009. 14 years.

2009 was the buffalo tragedy.

the only death since then was the poor lady who got sucked out the window of the Southwest 737 when the engine shell broke off and smashed into the window.

outside of her death, not a single one in 14 years.

yeah, but people are still afraid to fly in the USA LMFAO

but they will drive which is 10,000x greater chance of dying

This is a very good post. I have a friend from Nepal. Sent almost the same message in summer 2022.

July 2022: Flight YT-422 from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu (Nepal) with 66 passengers and 3 crew, landed on Kathmandu's runway 02 but veered right off the runway at about 11:06L (05:21Z). The aircraft came to a stop with all gear on the soft ground east of taxiway D. There were no injuries, and the aircraft received minor if any damage.

Truth is that commercial air-travel in the USA is relatively safe. When you're in the air on a Large company, Prob (death) has to be much < Prob (death) when driving on the road. As for the smaller planes, that has to carry a more significant risk.

**Mike Huntertz** · 01-16-23, 12:52 AM

Originally posted by slayer14

Kathmandu one of the worst places to land a plane because of at
high altitude, surely more awareness is required by the pilots landing planes there.

Not as bad as Lukla in Nepal, that is a crazy place.

**Mike Huntertz** · 01-16-23, 01:04 AM

This is Lukla, most dangerous airport in the world.

**Thrilla** · 01-16-23, 01:19 AM

**flyingillini** · 01-16-23, 04:53 AM

Sad RIP

**flyingillini** · 01-16-23, 06:02 AM

I fly all over SEA and the rules do not apply here to what we Americans are used to. This is the airline I fly all the time, they even had some pilots that had fake credentials

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**Booya711** · 01-16-23, 07:47 AM

Originally posted by DrunkHorseplayer

Never fly unless absolutely necessary.

Never fly airlines in shithole countries. Aviation is safer than trains, cars, even pedestrians get killed more than a plane crashes

**slayer14** · 01-16-23, 08:43 AM

Anyone got concerns and worries now about being a passenger in a plane now.

**flyingillini** · 01-16-23, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by slayer14

Anyone got concerns and worries now about being a passenger in a plane now.

Absolutely not, I fly 1-5 times a month on a regular basis on budget airlines in Vietnam and all over South East Asia. I was on a plane last month and a guy took a few puffs off a cigarette in the bathroom. Someone complained and all they did was tell him to not do that. Different world here. Not the same style regulations. Pilots with fake licenses all over SEA. I love flying and will continue to do so

**toddsclowns** · 01-16-23, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by mtofell

A lot of times its not so much the altitude but all the mountains around the airports. They put runways in some pretty crazy places. Also, other countries have MUCH less strict requirements for plane maintenance, pilot training, etc. I listen to a great podcast called "Black Box Down". They profile past crashes and go in depth as to what went wrong. There have been lots of them regarding crashes in South America. It's easy for pilots to get disoriented and run into a mountain while trying to find the airport...although this one looks to be mechanical. I fly a lot and listening to these actually makes me feel better about it.

A lot of things have to go wrong for there to be a crash. US airlines operate +/- 25,000 flights/day and crashes are virtually non-existent.

I used to love watching that show "air disasters" I think it was called, on Nat Geo. They'd always say, for a modern plane to crash (aside from a catastrophic incident - explosion, terriorism, etc.), you'd need a minimum of 12 successive things to go wrong/bad decisions for it to go down. I had to stop watching though when I started flying more - I still to this day peek into the cockpit to try and get a read on the pilot lol

**d2bets** · 01-16-23, 09:19 AM

Probably shouldn't have watched this. Had a plane crash type dream last night.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 01-16-23, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by slayer14

Anyone got concerns and worries now about being a passenger in a plane now.

I really think it's more specific to Nepal. Lack of safety precaution (in addition to the difficult altitude)?

I listed a similar Nepal air disaster from summer 2022.

**Ghenghis Kahn** · 01-16-23, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by slayer14

Anyone got concerns and worries now about being a passenger in a plane now.

No.