{"id":287977,"date":"2023-02-17T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/did-pilot-accidentally-cut-power-to-engines-moments-before-nepal-crash\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:05:00","slug":"did-pilot-accidentally-cut-power-to-engines-moments-before-nepal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/did-pilot-accidentally-cut-power-to-engines-moments-before-nepal-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-01\/ghoaok04_nepal-plane-crash-650-_625x300_15_January_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Did Pilot Accidentally Cut Power To Engines Moments Before Nepal Crash?\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-01\/ghoaok04_nepal-plane-crash-650-_625x300_15_January_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-17T11:35:47+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=682970&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/17022023_n_NepalCrash_149429_123121_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T2M18S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-01\/ghoaok04_nepal-plane-crash-650-_625x300_15_January_23.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=682970&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The engines of the aircraft were fully functional at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The Yeti Airlines flight 691, which took off from Kathmandu&#8217;s Tribhuvan International Airport on January 15, crashed moments later on the Seti River gorge between the old airport and the new airport in the resort city of Pokhara.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary crash report reveals that instead of using the flaps lever in the cockpit to configure the aircraft for landing, one of the pilots operated levers which &#8220;feathered&#8221; the engines &#8211; bringing engine power to zero.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a minute later, the ATR-72 aircraft crashed and stalled.<\/p>\n<p>The plane lost thrust and fell after the propellers of both engines went into the feathered position. It is rare for the propellers of both engines to come to a feathered position, the report notes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Air Traffic Controller (ATC) gave the clearance for landing&#8230;, the Pilot Flying (PF) mentioned twice that there was no power coming from the engines,&#8221; the report says.<\/p>\n<p>The engines of the aircraft were fully functional at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The flight was being operated by two Captains &#8211; one was in the process of being familiarised for operations into Pokhara. The co-pilot was an instructor pilot.<\/p>\n<p>The instructor pilot on the airliner was Anju Khatiwada, one of six women pilots in the airline. Her husband, Dipak Pokhrel, flew for the same airline and was killed in a crash in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was captured live by some Indian passengers who were also killed.<\/p>\n<p>There were 72 people, including four crew members, on the flight. Rescuers have managed to find only 71 bodies, with the missing passenger presumed dead.<\/p>\n<p>According to the preliminary report, the flight crew had made two flights between Kathmandu and Pokhara earlier in the morning. The flight that crashed was the third in a row by the same crew.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal has one of the worst aviation safety records in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/nepal-crash-pilot-error-likely-plane-lost-thrust-and-fell-hints-probe-3790102\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The engines of the aircraft were fully functional at the time of the accident. New Delhi: Investigations into the Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 71 people last month indicate the strong possibility of a startling error by one of the pilots. Five Indians were also killed in the crash. 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