At least 30 people were killed when a passenger aircraft crashed in Nepal, officials say.
January 15, 2023, 5:40 AMKrishna Mani Baral/AFP via Getty Images
Flight number NYT 691 had been travelling from Kathmandu, the capital, to Pokhara, a city in central Nepal, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said.Sagar Raj Timilsina/Handout via Reuters At least 15 of the passengers were international travelers, officials said. Those included five people from India, four from Russia and two from South Korea. The other four were from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France, officials said.
The aircraft last made contact with Pokhara Tower at 10:50 a.m., as it flew over the Seti River gorge, which is east of the city, aviation officials said in a statement. A collection of police and rescue agencies were deployed to the crash scene, with first responders and helicopters performing a search and rescue operation.
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