IN PICTURES: Hundreds of rescue workers scour the hillside in Nepal where the Yeti Airlines flight crashed on Sunday (Jan 15), killing dozens of people (Photos: AFP)
KATHMANDU: At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.
Local TV showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft. Some of the ground near the crash site was scorched, with licks of flames visible. Police official Ajay K C said rescue workers were having difficulty reaching the site in a gorge between two hills near the tourist town's airport.
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.SERIES OF CRASHES The journey to Pokhara, Nepal's second largest city tucked under the picturesque Annapurna mountain range, from the capital Kathmandu is one of the Himalayan country's most popular tourist routes, with many preferring a short flight instead of a six-hour-long drive through hilly roads.
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