The Latest Breaking News from Nepal

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A Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 aircraft crashed in Pokhara in central Nepal on January 15 2023, killing at least 68 passengers on board. The aircraft was en route from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, the country’s second largest city, situated under the picturesque Annapurna mountain range.

Usually we have to wait for the recovery of a plane's black box before we get an explanation of what caused an aircraft crash. But after seeing video of the moments before the plane crashed, aviation experts are saying it appeared to stall while coming in to land.

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The domestic Yeti Airlines plane went down during a 27-minute flight from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town known as the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas.

An Australian is among at least 68 people who died in Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in decades.

Rescue efforts are ongoing after the plane crash on Sunday

Gov’t to probe Yeti Airlines flight that crashed on way from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 72 on board, killing at least 68.

Nepal plane crash victim Elena Banduro, 33, from Moscow, had posted excitedly on her social media account about her upcoming trip with a message reading: "Go to Nepal"