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Nepal, plane crashes with 72 on board: There are no survivors
The plane that later caught fire is a Yeti Airlines ATR-72. It crashed in Pokhara, about 200 km northwest of Kathmandu. On board 68 passengers, including 15 foreigners, and 4 crew members: According to the police, there are at least 67 victims. Search for survivors suspended. The cause of the disaster is not yet known. The accident would have happened during landing and the impact occurred near a populated area between the city’s old and new airports: local residents were not injured
A plane with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal, crashed near a populated area. This was announced by the airline the bodies of 69 recovered of the 72 people, 68 passengers and 4 crew members who were on board the aircraft. further searches suspended until tomorrow. That said spokesman Pemba Sherpa there are no survivors and that the reports initially spread about the rescue of the injured are false
The plane that crashed is a Yeti Airlines ATR-72: crashed Pokharain the district of Kaski, about 200 km northwest of Kathmandu. There are no dead or injured among the residents of the citysaid Mayor Dhana Raj Acharya. He confirmed that the plane crashed on the banks of the Seti River, 2km from the airport. The Nepalese government has declared tomorrow, January 16, a day of national mourning
There were several foreigners on the plane. Airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula spoke of 15 non-Nepalese: five from India, four from Russia, two from South Korea, one from Australia, one from Argentina, one from Ireland and one from France. The Farnesina checks the possible presence of Italians