TAAN President Nilhari Bastola demanded the state take significant measures to ensure that Nepal’s sky and aviation service are safe. He advised the state’s responsible bodies to take measures for the prevention of such incidents in the days to come.
The plane with the call sign 9N-ANC ATR-72-500 that had left Kathmandu for Pokhara on January 15 carrying 72 people, including 68 passengers and four crew members, crashed on the Seti River Gorge. NAC expresses grief Office bearers of the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) are saddened by the death of scores of people in the crash, according to the NAC. The NAC in a statement today offered its heartfelt condolences to those killed in the tragedy while wishing that the bereaved families may have patience and strength to endure the incident. It has termed the crash as the saddest one in the history of Nepal's aviation. It has expected the findings of facts relating to the incident while urging effective investigations so as to make the country's aviation sector safe and reliable. HAN mourns The Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) has expressed its sorrow over the crash. "The Association and all other organizations under it are saddened by the incident. In this time of sorrow, we offer our condolences to all passengers and crew members killed in the tragedy, and to the bereaved families," read a statement issued by the HAN. Stating that the accident has had negative impacts not only on the country's aviation sector, but the whole nation and tourism sector as it has spread the message at national and international levels that Nepal's sky is unsafe, it said it was the responsibilities of all of us including the state and stakeholders to make the country's sky safe.
