News Nepal Declares National Mourning For Victims Of Worst Air Disaster
Earlier, local TV reports showed rescuers scrambling around charred sections of the aircraft which hit the ground in the gorge of the Seti River, just over a kilometre from the airport.Most of the 72 passengers and crew died, but there were unconfirmed reports that several people had survived, although critically injured.
“By the time I was there the crash site was already crowded. There was huge smoke coming from the flames of the plane. And then helicopters came over in no time,” she said. This Himalayan nation, home to some of the most breath-taking mountains in the world, has some of the most difficult terrain to navigate.In May 2022 a Tara Air plane crashed in northern Nepal, killing 22 people. Four years earlier 51 people were killed when a flight travelling from Bangladesh caught fire as it landed in Kathmandu.
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