Numerous people have been killed in plane crashes in Nepal.

At least 68 people died and four were missing after a plane crashed into a gorge in Nepal on Sunday, the Nepalese Civil Aviation Authority said, in the country’s deadliest aviation accident in three decades.

In a press releaseOfficials said that Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a twin-engine aircraft carrying 72 passengers and crashed as it approached a new airport close to Pokhara. The plane had been arriving from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, and had just a 27-minute flight time.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. CNN The plane crashed into a deep canyon while landing and fell into a ravine at the edge of a steep mountain at 10:50 AM local time. Rescue workers searched the cliffside for survivors and rappelled into the gorge to find them, but Nepalese officials announced that they would not resume their search until Monday.

Although the majority of those aboard were Nepalese, Civil Aviation officials released their names. a passenger list A variety of foreigners were shown, including an Argentinian (or an Australian), Russians Koreans and Indians.

Bishnu Twari, a local resident, went to the wreckage and tried to help. The Associated Press, “The flames were so intense that we couldn’t get near the wreckage. I heard a man cry for help. However, because of the smoke and flames we couldn’t help him.

Since 1992, Nepal’s most fatal accident has occurred in Nepal. All 167 victims were killed. aboard a Pakistan International Airlines flight They were all killed in the crash of the plane in Kathmandu.

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