The final moments of the Nepal plane that crashed on January 15, killing all 72 people on board, were caught on a Facebook live video shot by an Indian passenger, according to reports. The cellphone recovered from the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines flight captured the final, very disturbing moments of the flight.
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Facebook live video captures crash
Sonu Jaiswal had been happily recording his flight experience on a Facebook live video with three of his companions, showing scenes inside the plane and outside its window. Their excitement soon turned to horror as the plane crashed. Flames and passengers’ screams wear caught on the video Jaiswal shot.
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft from Kathmandu — which carried 72 people — crashed shortly before landing in Pokhara, a major tourist destination in the Himalayan nation.
5 Indians among dead
Five Indians were among those killed as the Yeti Airlines plane, which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara, plunged into a steep gorge, disintegrated and caught fire.
Four of them were from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh — Sonu Jaiswal (35), Abhishek Kushwaha (25), Vishal Sharma (22), and Anil Kumar Rajbhar (27), news agency PTI reported.
Jaiswal had taken his friends along to Nepal to visit the Lord Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu as his wish to have a son had been fulfilled.
Nepal Plane Crash
After praying at the temple, they were travelling to Pokhara, a famous tourist town, for paragliding.
“But fate had something else in store for him,” one of Jaiswal distraught relatives told PTI.
Jaiswal is survived by his wife, infant son and two daughters.
No survivors found
Nepal Army on Monday said they have not rescued anyone alive from the site of the plane crash that occurred on Sunday in the central resort city of Pokhara.
“We haven’t rescued anyone alive from the crash site,” said Nepal Army Spokesperson Krishna Prasad Bhandari.
A Yeti Airlines passenger plane crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in Nepal’s Pokhara. 72 people, including five Indians, on board, are feared to be dead.
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