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The Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Nepal on Sunday, leaving 68 people dead. The pilot is believed to have experienced an optical illusion. Photo/REUTERS
KATHMANDU – A leading aviation expert in the world suspects that there is a strange cause behind the tragedy Yeti Airlines crash Of Nepal which left 68 people dead. The cause in question is the optical illusion experienced by the pilot.
The plane carrying 72 people on board, including several foreigners, crashed minutes before landing in the city of Pokhara, Sunday.
As many as 68 passengers were confirmed to have died in the tragedy of the ATR-72 turboprop plane crash.
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The flight hit the gulf between Pokhara’s domestic airport and the new international airport, which had just opened on New Year’s Day.
The world’s leading aviation expert, Professor Ron Bartsch, told Nine’s Today on Monday (16/1/2023), said that there might be an aerodynamic error behind the tragic incident.
He said an optical illusion of traveling over the ground may have caused the pilots to believe the plane was traveling through the air faster than it actually was, resulting in a stall.
“Planes need air to fly and air is scarcer at around 800 meters there,” the professor said.
“When you travel over the ground, it seems that you will be much faster on the ground than in the air. That’s what caused the stall.”
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