At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst airplane crash in 30 years

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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At least 68 people were killed when an airplane went down in central Nepal. The crash was the country’s third-deadliest and worst in 30 years. CNN has obtained video from the last minutes inside the cabin before the plane went down as investigators are still searching for a cause. CNN Aviation Analyst Mary Schiavo is a former Inspector General for U.S. Department of Transportation. She joins AC360 to discuss if the video from inside the plane will be helpful in the investigation. Plus, the White House counsel’s office says there are no visitor logs that track who comes and goes from President Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home. Republicans want all the information relating to the misplaced classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president be turned over. Rod Rosenstein is a former Deputy Attorney General during the Trump administration. He tells Anderson Cooper what key questions he would want answers to if he was investigating this case. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, we begin tonight with new developments in the crash of an airliner in Nepal and
0:05.3	what video, including from inside the airliner at a key moment, could tell investigators
0:09.9	about what happened.
0:10.9	Now, we're not showing that interior video lightly nor in full, only the part that might
0:15.8	shed light on why this happened, also not showing any faces in the frame.
0:19.8	In addition, the three guests will be joining us shortly, all experts in aviation, air safety,
0:23.8	and crash investigations, they'll be weighing in on what they see in this video.
0:28.6	Because whatever brought the Yeti Airlines flight down on approach yesterday in Nepal's
0:32.0	second biggest city, likely happened or became unstoppable in those seconds that you'll
0:36.7	see.
0:37.7	72 people were bored the twin engine European made ATR 72 airliner, at least 68 are known
0:44.0	to have died.
0:45.0	Now, the last video is difficult to watch the plane in the sky.
0:48.3	We should warn you again so as this video inside the plane.
0:51.6	The view is out the left side of the aircraft.
0:54.6	You see the wings trailing edge, the backside of the wing is the plane starts a bank to
0:59.0	the left.
1:00.0	Now, in a moment, you'll see a white flash where we do an edit.
1:04.1	Then the plane levels momentarily and then just a few seconds later, it all goes wrong.
1:09.9	And the plane banking again drops.
1:13.7	Take a look.
1:14.7	There was only scene in Cannes.
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