Yeti Airlines Flight 691 

was a scheduled domestic passenger

flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, the aircraft operating the route,
an ATR 72 flown by Yeti Airlines, crashed while landing at Pokhara, killing all 72 occupants on
board. It is the deadliest accident involving an ATR 72. The flight took off from
Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am NST.[4] It crashed on the bank of
the Seti Gandaki River while on the short final prior to landing.[5] A video taken from the ground
showed the aircraft banking steeply to the left before crashing.[1][6] Another video was streamed
live on Facebook by Sonu Jaiswal, a passenger on the plane, before and during the crash. It
shows passengers unaware of the situation until seconds before impact.[3]
The crash occurred between the old Pokhara Airport and the new Pokhara International Airport,
which was opened two weeks earlier and where the aircraft was attempting to land.[7][8] The
accident resulted in the deaths of all 72 people on board.[9] The accident was Nepal's worst air
accident since the crash of Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 in 1992,[10] and the deadliest
accident involving an ATR 72.[11]
According to an official at the Pokhara International Airport, air traffic control cleared the flight to
land on runway 30 heading from east to west, but the captain requested the opposing runway 12
heading from west to east, minutes before the crash.[12] A Civil Aviation Authority of
Nepal spokesperson said: "The weather was clear; according to preliminary information the
cause of the crash is the technical issue of the plane."[13]