Missing ultraflight found after one year in the rift of mountains
November 14, 2016
The missing Ultraflight belonging to the Pokhara Ultraflight Company which had been missing for a year and carried tourists on it was found recently at the rift between Machapuchare and Annapurna in a dire state, tattered into pieces.
The ultraflight which flew from Pokhara Airport a year ago was found above 12000 feet in between the mountains.
The aircraft was being searched constantly for a year and many helicopters and aircrafts were sent to find out its location.
The aircraft, which has a call sign of 9N-ALI, was lost last year on 21st of Ashoj and had a 50 years old Russian pilot named Vyaleri Braterin who flew the aircraft. Along with the pilot, a 40 years old South African woman, Ms. Elizabeth Well was also traveling through the aircraft. The aircraft which was on the air for ‘Mountain flight’ scheduled for an hour was out of contact after seven minutes of its flying.
The passengers were dead and only bones were found out on the crash site. The black box of the aircraft still has not been found out.
The aircraft was found out by two police officers namely, Mr. Purna Lal Devkota and Mr. Tejendra Budha of Kalika station at Pokhara who were successful at finding the missing aircraft and the site after traveling for half-an-hour subsequent to landing by a helicopter on Sunday. They could collect the aircraft bits and pieces along the bones and remains of the dead passengers and rest of the aircraft including its engines, wings and many parts were already burnt.
