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Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

A spokesman for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority says a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash that killed at least 68.

WEKU

Fears grow for Irishman onboard plane that crashed in Nepal as death toll hits 68

The Government said it is aware of reports Ruan Callum Crighton was a passenger on the Yeti Airlines jet, with officials on standby to provide consular help.

Irish Mirror

Sydney teacher Myron William Love identified as Australian on board plane that crashed in Nepal

Myron William Love, from Sydney, is confirmed as the Australian man on board a Yeti Airlines plane that crashed during a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday, killing all passengers.

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Why does Nepal's aviation industry have safety issues? An expert explains

A Yeti Airlines ATR 72-500 aircraft crashed in Pokhara in central Nepal on January 15 2023, killing at least 68 passengers on board. The aircraft was en route from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, the country’s second largest city, situated under the picturesque Annapurna mountain range.

The Conversation

Nepal mourns after deadly plane crash kills at least 66

Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in…

The Independent UK

Video of the Nepal plane crash shows the aircraft's final seconds. Here's what aviation experts have to say about it

Usually we have to wait for the recovery of a plane's black box before we get an explanation of what caused an aircraft crash. But after seeing video of the moments before the plane crashed, aviation experts are saying it appeared to stall while coming in to land.

ABC News

Pilots likely 'lost control' in fatal Nepal plane crash with Australian on board, airline consultant says

The domestic Yeti Airlines plane went down during a 27-minute flight from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town known as the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas.

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Grim task of identifying the dead begins after Nepal plane crash

Gov’t to probe Yeti Airlines flight that crashed on way from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 72 on board, killing at least 68.

Al Jazeera

At least 68 dead as plane crashes less than 30 seconds before landing in world’s riskiest place for flying

Fifteen foreigners were onboard the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday, said Nepal's aviation authorities.

Fortune

Nepal plane crash: Department ‘aware’ of reports Irish citizen among passengers

The plane had been travelling from Kathmandu to Pokhara International Airport, which began operations only two weeks ago.

The Independent UK

Yeti Airlines plane crashes in Nepal killing at least 32 people

Officials are expecting to find more bodies

Wales Online

Nepal plane crash marks country’s 13th fatal incident since 2010

With the latest accident, the Himalayan kingdom has now suffered 13 tragedies in as many years

The Independent UK

A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal, killing at least 32

A plane carrying 72 people crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reported Sunday.

WEKU

Local media: Plane with 72 people on board crashes in Nepal - OLD

A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports

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Al Jazeera

At least 68 killed in Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years

The plane was en route from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara when it crashed with 72 people on board.

ABC News

Nepalese childhood friends reunited and working together by chance in Hobart

Ashish Lama and Ankit Rawal met in a Kathmandu school 18 years ago. Now, having emigrated separately from Nepal, they happen to be working next to each other in Hobart.

Reuters

Nepali former Maoist rebel confirmed as premier for third time

Former Maoist rebel Pushpa Kamal Dahal was confirmed as Nepal's prime minister for a third time on Tuesday, winning almost unanimous backing from legislators even though November's election returned a hung parliament.

The Guardian - UK

Felicity Feeny obituary

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'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj freed from prison after murdering up to 24

Charles Sobhraj, otherwise known as The Serpent, was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, in a heavily guarded police convoy after spending two decades in jail for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers

Bangkok Post

'Serpent' Sobhraj headed back to France

KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s in Thailand and across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.

Bangkok Post

'Serpent' Sobhraj to be freed on Friday

KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, whose string of murders across Asia in the 1970s was portrayed in the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was still awaiting his release from prison Thursday after a Nepali court ordered him freed on health grounds.

Reuters

'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj to be freed from Nepal prison on Friday

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, will be freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after nearly 20 years behind bars, a jail official told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Factbox-Who is the 'bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj?

Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as the "bikini killer" who police say is responsible killing over 20 young Western backpackers across Asia during the 1970s and 1980s.

Reuters

Nepal court to release serial killer Charles 'the serpent' Sobhraj

Nepal's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release, due to his age, of Charles Sobhraj, a French national known as "the serpent" who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s.

Newslaundry

China, security concerns, and map issues: Explaining India’s interest in the Nepal election

India will be keeping a close eye on the emerging political landscape in Nepal, where the result of the general election for the national parliament and seven provincial assemblies will be formally announced later this week.

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