Nepal’s investigation committee revealed on Monday that a faulty engine might have been the cause of the country’s deadliest plane crash in over three decades, which left 72 passengers and crew members dead.
The committee made the revelation after analyzing data from the flight recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Yeti Airlines ATR-72 aircraft that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on Jan. 15.
“In ATR-72 aircraft feather means to stay inclined to 90 degrees in spite of being in a certain degree as turned by the pilots,” the committee stated in its report, according to ANI News.
“In order to increase the speed, the pilot has to incline the propeller blade using the liver [sic] that is in the cockpit. With the propeller blade standing at 90 degrees, the plane would lose aerodynamic movement,” it added….