At least 68 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in three decades

Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, watches live television broadcast after an aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in Pokhara in western Nepal January 15, 2023. Pradeep Raj Onta/PM Secretary Photographer/Handout via REUTERS

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - 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.

Hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside where the flight carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu went down. Officials late in the evening called off the search operations for the day, saying they will resume on Monday.