Plane of which Airline crashed in Nepal in January, 2023?

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Correct — A, Yeti Airlines. On 15 January 2023 a Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 (registration 9N-ANC), Flight 691 from Kathmandu, crashed on its approach to the newly opened Pokhara International Airport, killing all 72 people on board. It was the deadliest aviation accident in Nepal since 1992 and the deadliest ever involving the ATR 72 aircraft type.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Tara Air, a Nepali domestic carrier (and a Yeti Airlines subsidiary), suffered a fatal crash in May 2022 — not the January 2023 Pokhara accident.  (c) Nepal Airlines is the national flag carrier; it was not involved in the January 2023 Pokhara crash.  (d) Buddha Air is a major Nepali private airline with no connection to this accident.

Concept: Nepal's mountainous terrain, short high-altitude runways and rapidly changing weather make it one of the world's most demanding aviation environments, and it has a long record of air accidents. On 15 January 2023, Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashed on approach to Pokhara — the country's newly opened third international airport — killing all 72 aboard. Investigators later attributed the crash largely to the crew inadvertently moving the propellers to a feathered (no-thrust) position, causing a loss of engine power and an aerodynamic stall.

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