The Latest Breaking News from Nepal

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

Authorities in Nepal said 68 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara. It's the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades.

Rescue teams were scouring through the crash site but expected to find more casualties, officials have said

Mountainous Nepal, where dozens of people were killed on Sunday when a plane crashed in the tourist town of Pokhara, has a history of deadly air crashes.

An official in Nepal said 60 people have been confirmed dead after a regional passenger plane with 72 aboard crashed into a gorge while landing at a newly opened airport in the resort town of Pokhara, in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. Tek Bahadur K.

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

Kathmandu (AFP) - An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said, in the latest aviation disaster to hit the Himalayan nation.

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

Nepal, which contains eight of the world's 14 tallest mountains including Everest, is one of the most difficult places in the world to fly because of its "hostile topography", experts have previously said

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Yeti Airlines and a local official said. At least 40 were killed, a Nepal aviation authority said.

At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.