Locals watch the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan.15, 2023. A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members.
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Locals watch the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan.15, 2023. A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members.
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MUMBAI, India – First, you see a plane careening on its side, against a deep blue sky. Then it disappears behind buildings. And then you hear the crash.
This footage — of the moment an airliner with 72 people aboard crashed Sunday in central Nepal – appears to have been recorded by a bystander watering plants on their balcony. It was tweeted by regional media and aviation sources.
More video recorded moments later shows a smoking crater at the crash site. A photo shows a huge chunk of the fuselage – with the plane’s ID number clearly visible – dangling on the edge.
Dozens of bodies have been recovered. There’s no word on any survivors. On Sunday morning, authorities said at least 68 people had been confirmed dead.
That makes this Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in decades.
It was a domestic flight by a Nepali carrier, Yeti…