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Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused Yeti crash

Landing aircraft have flaps at the back of the wings fully deployed to provide more lift at low speed, and prevent stalling. This wasn’t the case on Sunday. Failure to deploy full flaps may have caused Yeti crash
The 9N-ANC aircraft that crashed near the Pokhara International Airport. (Inset, left) An illustrative photo of the flaps extended before landing, in contrast to the Yeti Airlines plane’s wing (right inset, a grab from a video broadcast live by an Indian national on his Facebook page) that did not have the flaps fully deployed. Deepak Pariyar/TKP
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Sangam Prasain
Published at : January 19, 2023
Updated at : January 19, 2023 16:50
Kathmandu

Sangam Prasain

Sangam Prasain is Business Editor at The Kathmandu Post, covering tourism, agriculture, mountaineering, aviation, infrastructure and other economic affairs. He joined The Kathmandu Post in October 2009.


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