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Nepal plane crash: data recorders found as day of mourning begins

The Yeti aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Pokhara in western Nepal
The Yeti aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Pokhara, western Nepal. Photograph: Reuters

The black box and cockpit voice recorder from the Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal have been located, as the country observed a day of mourning on Monday for the victims of its deadliest aviation disaster in three decades.

Teknath Sitaula, a Kathmandu Airport official, said the so-called black boxes were “in a good condition now. They look good from outside.”

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