Watch Video | Passenger on Nepal flight that crashed records last moments

Passenger films when onboard Yeti Airlines aircraft before crashing near Pokhara Airport in Nepal. Via @AmardipSpeaks
Don’t watch if you can’t handle it! pic.twitter.com/2V0EUpnSWp

— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) January 15, 2023

The Indian Express has not been able to independently verify the video.

Another passenger, identified as one Elena Banduro, a 33-year-old Russian blogger, according to news reports, also shared a selfie with the caption “Go to Nepal” from inside the ill-fated flight. Her picture has been circulated widely on social media platforms after she was declared dead.

La bloguera de viajes de Moscú Elena Banduro, de 33 años, publicó esto antes de #NepalPlaneCrash

El accidente se transmitió en vivo desde el interior del avión y también se grabó en video de los espectadores que estaban debajo. #Nepal #15Enero2023 pic.twitter.com/C3WAHIgbLk

— Reporte Global (@RadioReporte) January 15, 2023

The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft was carrying 72 people — including five Indians — when it crashed in Pokhara around 11 am on Sunday. At least 68 people have been declared dead in the incident, while search is underway for the missing four persons.

Videos and pictures on social media showed smoke billowing from the crash site and hundreds of rescue workers along the sides of a gorge where the plane went down. A video capturing the last moments of the aircraft before it crashed in Pokhara was also circulated.

Horrifying last moments of an ATR plane crash from Nepal in Pokhara that was bound for Kathmandu. All 72 people on board are dead. pic.twitter.com/4JZIvnThPQ

— Wajahat Kazmi (@KazmiWajahat) January 15, 2023

The crash is Nepal’s deadliest since 1992, when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside near Kathmandu, killing all 167 people on board.