The shocking video of the moment in which a plane with 72 people plunges to the ground in Nepal

Nepal It was the scene of a tragic accident involving a Yeti Airlines plane that crashed near Pokhara, a city in the center of the country where it was supposed to land. Videos taken at the place where the aircraft fell show the rescue tasks carried out by the forces of that country, as well as by citizens who came to help, amid dense columns of smoke and fire. Meanwhile, there is also a recording circulating on social networks, which would reveal the exact moment when the ATR 72 changes course and plunges to the ground.

LOOK: A plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal; there are at least 68 dead

Among the 68 passengers was an Argentine, identified as Jannet Sandra Palavecino. Also five citizens of India, four Russians, two Koreans, an Australian, an Irishman and a Frenchman. The members of the crew they were four. For now, international agencies reported at least 68 dead.

In one of the recordings taken by a person from a house, it is observed how what would be the ATR 72 fly low and suddenly turns sideways, changes course and loses control. Quickly, the man who is filming lowers his phone and a noise is heard. Strong impact near the area where it is located.

???? Tragedy in Nepal. Commercial plane crash leaves at least 68 people dead pic.twitter.com/8OfeFvIjzM

— The Broken Chair (@lasillarota) January 15, 2023

There are other videos and photos where you can see the ravine where the aircraft fell. There, shouts and conversations are heard, while the fire and smoke from the downed plane predominate among the vegetation, moments after the incident.

#Nepal
72 passengers were on board. Plane crash at Pokhra International Airport. pic.twitter.com/igBoObcCDm

— Aishwarya Paliwal (@AishPaliwal) January 15, 2023

Images taken later, when the forces had already managed to extinguish most of the flames, although they were still working throwing water at them, reveal the remains of the ATR 72, among the crowd that gathered at that site between the old Pokhara airport, created in 1958, and the new international terminal of this city, inaugurated on January 1.

This is the worst air disaster in Nepal in three decades. “They took 31 corpses to hospitals,” he told the AFP police officer AK Chhetri, adding that they found another 36 bodies at the site where the plane crashed this Sunday.

Likewise, Army sources explained that it is difficult to remove lifeless people from that area, as it is a ravine, although the search and rescue operations continued in the morning -Argentine time-.

पोखरामा यतिको दुर्घटना भएको स्थलको सम्पादन नगरिएको भिडियो। भिडियो : लालप्रसाद शर्मा/कान्तिपुर pic.twitter.com/mRITqrWkea

— ekantipur (@ekantipur_com) January 15, 2023

[A LA UNE A 13H]
At the moment 67 people were killed during the accident at the center of Népal of a plane belonging to the Yeti Airlines airline that transported 72 people, the police announced. Des survivants ont été transportés à l’hôpital #AFP 1/5 pic.twitter.com/fEZyPy103y

— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) January 15, 2023

The flight came from Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital, and Pokhara was his destination. This city in the center of the country is an important crossing point for foreign pilgrims and mountaineers.

There were 68 passengers and four crew members on the flight. (https://twitter.com/surabhi_tiwari_).

Rescuers and Nepalese civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral)

Rescue teams work on the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines ATR72 plane after it crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on January 15, 2023. (EFE/EPA/BIJAYA NEUPANE).

Rescuers work at the place where a plane crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on January 15, 2023. (Krishna Mani BARAL / AFP).

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