POKHARA, Jun 15: An ATR-72 aircraft has met with an accident for the first time in the aviation history of Nepal. On Sunday morning, an ATR-72 aircraft of Yeti Airlines, which took off from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu for Pokhara, met with an accident. The aircraft  has a capacity of 70 to 72 seats. Earlier, Necon Air also operated ATR aircraft. But recently Buddha and Yeti Airlines have only ATR-72 aircraft in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Regular flights have begun from today at the airport in Surkhet, the provincial capital of Karnali Province, with an ATR-72 aircraft taking off the airport's runway.