In Nepal, a passenger aeroplane crashed close to Pokhara International Airport. The airline is Yeti Airlines. Rescue efforts are in progress. The airport was shut down. Pokhra is a city located around 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.

According to a Nepali Army source, a rescue team has removed 16 dead from the Yeti Airlines ATR-72’s accident site in Pokhara’s Kaski area. 4 crew members and 68 passengers were on board the aircraft. Joint rescue efforts are in progress.

Rescuers gather at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara on January 15, 2023. – An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on January 15, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. (Photo by Krishna Mani BARAL / AFP)

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