68 people were confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge in Nepal.
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The aviation authority said the aircraft last made contact with the airport from near Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. before crashing..At the crash site, about 1.6 kilometres away from Pokhara International Airport, the search continued Sunday evening. Some bodies, burned beyond recognition, were carried by firefighters to hospitals, where grief-stricken relatives had assembled.
Tek Bahadur K. C., a senior administrative officer in the Kaski district, said he expected rescue workers to find more bodies at the bottom of the gorge. “The incident was tragic. The full force of the Nepali army, police has been deployed for rescue,” he said. The type of plane involved, the ATR 72, has been used by airlines around the world for short regional flights. Introduced in the late 1980s by a French and Italian partnership, the aircraft model has been involved in several deadly accidents over the years.
The 2015 crash, captured in dramatic footage that showed the plane striking a taxi as it hurtled out of control, killed 43, and prompted authorities to ground all Taiwanese-registered ATR 72s for some time. TransAsia ceased all flights in 2016 and later went out of business.
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