Pilot of Nepalese plane that crashed deliberately avoided village, says witness

South China Morning Post published this video item, entitled “Pilot of Nepalese plane that crashed deliberately avoided village, says witness” – below is their description.

A witness of the Nepal plane crash on January 15, 2023, said that the pilot may have deliberately changed the aircraft’s direction to avoid hitting a residential area. The Yeti Airlines flight crashed into the Seti River Gorge near the city of Pokhara. Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said the pilot wanted to land on a different runway than initially assigned, and no distress calls were reported from the pilot.

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