KATHMANDU — At least 68 people were killed on Sunday (Jan 15) when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.
Hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside where the flight carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu went down. Officials late in the evening called off the search operations for the day, saying they will resume on Monday.
"Half of the plane is on the hillside," said Arun Tamu, a local resident, who told Reuters he reached the site minutes after the plane went down."The other half has fallen into the gorge of the Seti river." The government has set up a panel to investigate the cause of the crash and it is expected to report within 45 days, the finance minister, Bishnu Paudel, told reporters.
A Pokhara Airport spokesman said the aircraft crashed as it approached the airport, adding that the"plane cruised at 12,500 feet and was on a normal descent". The weather on Sunday was clear. On its website, Yeti describes itself as a leading domestic carrier. Its fleet consists of six ATR 72-500s, including the one that crashed.
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