The Singapore Ministry of Transport said in a press release that the black boxes from the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal, will be sent to Singapore for analysis at the request of the investigation authority in Nepal.
According to AP, the Nepal investigation team will be leaving for Singapore on 27 January, with the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder for analysis.
MOT’s press release
Statement in Response to Media Queries on Yeti Airlines Flight 691 Black Box
27 Jan 2023
1. Nepal’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Singapore’s Ministry of Transport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation Relating to Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation in February 2020. The MOU covers the use of investigation facilities and equipment, including the flight recorder readout facility, training, and observer attachments.
2. At the request of the investigation authority in Nepal, MOT’s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) is supporting the Nepalese authority by helping to retrieve and readout the data from the flight recorders of Yeti Airlines Flight 691. This will be carried out in TSIB’s flight recorder readout facility in Singapore which was set up in 2007.
3.   All investigation-related information, including the progress of investigations and the findings, will be handled by the Nepalese investigation authority.Â
Recap
According to Reuters, a Yeti Airlines plane that was ferrying 72 people, crashed in Nepal and killed all 72 people on board, making it the country’s worst aircraft disaster in 30 years.
BBC reported that hundreds of Nepalese soldiers have been deployed for rescue operations at the crash site, the gorge of the Seti River which is about 2km away from the airport.
The ATR 72 plane was flying from Kathmandu at the time, and among the passengers include 2 infants, 4 crew members and 10 foreigners.
Reuters reported that the plane made last contact with the airport at about 10.30am before crashing between the old and new Pokhara airports.
Videos started circulating online showing the aftermath of the crash, with thick black smoke encapsulating the crashed aircraft.
Rescuers and some people could be seen among the wreckage, with half of the plane being on the hillside while the other half had fallen into the gorge of the river.
The plane was also seen making a sharp turn while flying over a populated area moments before it crashed.