# Yeti Airlines Flight 691

_15 January 2023 aircraft crash_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, the ATR 72 being operated on the route stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara, killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The investigation revealed that Captain Kamal KC had accidentally feathered the engines, causing a loss of thrust.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** aircraft crash; aviation incident ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116205343#P31))
- **Coordinates:** 28.1976, 83.9850

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Yeti Airlines Flight 691](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeti_Airlines_Flight_691) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): यति एयरलाइन्सको एटिआर-७२ विमान दुर्घटना](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q116205343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116205343) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Yetti Air plane crash in Pokhara 2023.jpg by Bhupendra Shrestha (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yetti_Air_plane_crash_in_Pokhara_2023.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Yeti Airlines Flight 691, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Yetti Air plane crash in Pokhara 2023.jpg — Bhupendra Shrestha, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Yeti Airlines Flight 691". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/yeti-airlines-flight-691. Retrieved 21 October 2026.