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

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At least 68 people are dead after a Yeti Airlines flight carrying 72 crashed near the country’s new Pokhara Airport, Nepal’s civil aviation authority said Sunday.

Published 5 months ago · Pokhara, Nepal

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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…

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Toronto Sun

'WE COULDN'T HELP': 68 dead after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

68 people were confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge in Nepal.

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Business Standard

68 dead, 4 missing in Nepal's worst airplane crash in three decades

The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years

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