There were 72 people on the twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, including 2 infants, 4 crew members & 10 foreign nationals, said airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula.
A low-cost airline, SpiceJet flies on 250 routes, has 214 daily passenger flights, 145 cargo destinations and possesses a fleet size of around 100 planes.
The MU5735 crash that killed 132 Chinese is a tragedy, but there is no end to conspiracy theories in a world rife with disinformation. Weibo is replete with them.
The six-year-old single-aisle jet is part of the NG, or Next Generation, era that preceded the 737 Max, which was subjected to a global grounding after two deadly crashes.
The aircraft were Boeing-B777, each with a seating capacity of 350-440 seats. Preliminary report suggests one of the flights rolled for take-off without ATC clearance.
Before helicopter carrying Gen. Bipin Rawat crashed, many high-profile politicians & prominent personalities have been in similar accidents. While some survived, most perished.
The aircraft belonged to the Centre-run flying-training institute Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi (IGRUA), located in Amethi, official sources said.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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