Captain Amit Singh, commercial pilot and founder of Safety Matters Foundation, said that Nepal needs to develop its infrastructure to face risks related to flying in mountainous areas. He added that the terrain in Nepal is challenging and training standards of crew must be high.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences over the tragic aircraft crash in Nepal in which 68 people have died including five Indians.
Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Kumar Sinha on Sunday inspected the landslide-affected areas in Uttarakhand's Joshimath and said that there has been an uptick in the number of cracks, but no new areas have faced damages.
Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday said that 68 passengers on board the ATR-72 Yeti Airlines flight, which crashed somewhere between the old airport of Pokhara region and the Pokhara International Airport, were confirmed dead.