KATHMANDU: An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said.'There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members... Rescue...
KATHMANDU: An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said.'There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members... Rescue is underway, we don't know right now if there are survivors,' the airline's spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula told Agence France-Presse.He said the plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
The Himalayan country also has some of the world's most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks with approaches that pose a challenge even for accomplished pilots.Aircraft operators say Nepal lacks infrastructure for accurate weather forecasts, especially in remote areas with challenging mountainous terrain where deadly crashes have taken place in the past. The weather can also change quickly in the mountains, creating treacherous flying conditions.
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