The video, which has gone viral on social media, begins with pictures of passengers inside the plane and the city below seen through the window as the plane circles before landing.
Digital Desk: A cellphone recovered from the wreckage of the Yeti Airlines that crashed in Nepal today appears to have filmed the jet's final, very distressing minutes. The twin-engine ATR 72 plane from Kathmandu, carrying 72 people, crashed shortly before landing in Pokhara, a popular tourist destination in the Himalayan country. At least 68 persons were killed.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, begins with pictures of passengers inside the plane and the city below seen through the window as the plane circles before landing. Suddenly, there is an explosion, and the screen flips upside down. The final few seconds show a terrifying fire outside the window, as well as the shouts of worried passengers.
Another video from the ground showed the flight's progress as it began to land. The jet immediately tipped to the left, turned upside down, and then burst into a ball of fire, according to reports.
Five Indian passengers were on board, all of whom were from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Sonu Jaiswal, one of them, was supposedly doing a Facebook Live immediately before the plane crashed. He is no longer alive. The same video may be viewed on his unconfirmed Facebook account.
Abhishek Pratap Shah, a former Nepali MP and Nepali Congress Central Committee member who submitted the video footage, told NDTV that he received it from a friend and that it was discovered today from the wreckage.
"It was sent by one of my pals, who got it from a police officer. It's a true record. Today's footage was taken as the plane was ready to land "In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Mr Shah stated.
The hunt for the plane's black box, which is likely to offer light on the causes of the disaster, is set to resume tomorrow. Pokhara is merely a 25-minute flight from Kathmandu, the Himalayan country's capital.
Recently, there have been multiple plane crashes in Nepal, raising concerns regarding safety and training of flight crew.
Nepal has been on the European Union's air safety blacklist since 2013. After the International Civil Aviation Organization raised safety concerns, all flights from Nepal were barred from entering EU airspace.
"This aircraft is the greatest we have in Nepal, and all of the main airlines have been using it," Mr Shah added.
He stated that the country needs to "improve our aviation system, our planes, our information system, and our pilots" because Pokhara is a tourism destination.
"Nepal is going through a difficult period. I believe the current administration is serious about this “he added.---
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