Nepal finds all but one missing person following deadly plane crash


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Jan 2023

A member of Arm Police Force works at a crash site of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Rohit Giri NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Rescuers used drones and abseiled down a deep gorge on Tuesday looking for the last missing person from Nepal's worst air disaster in 30 years, in which at least 71 people died including small children.

Difficult terrain around the 200 metre (650 feet) gorge and poor weather was hampering rescue efforts near the tourist city of Pokhara, where the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 turboprop carrying 72 people crashed on Sunday just before landing.

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