Plane of which Airline crashed in Nepal in January, 2023?
- (a)Yeti Airline
- (b)Tara Airline
- (c)Nepal Airline
- (d)Buddha Airline
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.
- (b)Tara Airline — 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 Airline — Nepal Airlines is the national flag carrier; it was not involved in the January 2023 Pokhara crash.
- (d)Buddha Airline — Buddha Air is a major Nepali private airline with no connection to this accident.
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.
This is a straight current-affairs recall of the January 2023 crash. The trap is other Nepali carriers — especially Tara Air (a Yeti subsidiary that crashed in 2022) and Buddha Air / Nepal Airlines. Anchor 'January 2023, Pokhara, 72 dead' to Yeti Airlines.
- 15 January 2023: Yeti Airlines Flight 691 (ATR 72-500) crashed on approach to Pokhara; all 72 aboard died.
- It was the deadliest air crash in Nepal since 1992 and the deadliest ATR 72 accident on record.
- Pokhara International Airport had opened only that month (January 2023).
- Tara Air, a Yeti Airlines subsidiary, had a separate fatal crash in May 2022 — a common point of confusion.
- Confusing Yeti Airlines with its subsidiary Tara Air (May 2022 crash) or with Buddha Air.
- Misdating the crash — it occurred in January 2023, at Pokhara.
Current-affairs recall — match the event (Nepal air crash, January 2023) to the operator (Yeti Airlines) and the location (Pokhara).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Yeti Airlines aircraft that crashed near Pokhara in January 2023 was of which type?
- (a)Boeing 737
- (b)ATR 72-500
- (c)Airbus A320
- (d)Bombardier Q400
Answer(b) ATR 72-500 — a twin-turboprop regional aircraft.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 (January 2023) crashed while approaching which newly opened airport?
- (a)Kathmandu (Tribhuvan International)
- (b)Pokhara International
- (c)Lukla (Tenzing-Hillary)
- (d)Bhairahawa (Gautam Buddha International)
Answer(b) Pokhara International — the airport had opened earlier that same month.