At least 68 dead after plane carrying 72 crashes near Nepal airport

68 Dead, 4 Missing After Plane Crashes in Nepal Resort Town

A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s deadliest airplane accident in three decades.  Hours after dark, scores of onlookers crowded around the crash site near the airport in the resort town of Pokhara as rescu…

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

POKHARA, Nepal: A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.Hours after dark, scores of onlookers crowded around the crash site near the airport in the resort town of Po…

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash.

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash.

Plane crashes in resort town in Nepal, killing at least 68

POKHARA, Nepal — A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. At least one witness reported hearing cries for help from within the fiery wreck, the country’s dead...

68 Dead, 4 Missing After Plane Crashes in Nepal Resort Town

The crash was the deadliest to take place in the Himalayan country in three decades.