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Nepal plane crash: Eyewitnesses recount lucky escape

Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.

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January 16, 2023
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Nepal plane crash: Eyewitnesses recount lucky escape

Kalpana Sunar had come to Pokhara from Dulegaunda in Tanahun to celebrate Maghe Sankranti three days ago. She was washing clothes in the front yard of her house when she saw an aeroplane falling from the sky and coming in her direction.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

2 dead, 34 injured in China chemical plant blast

A chemical plant explosion in China has killed two people and injured 34, state media reported Monday..The blast happened on Sunday afternoon at a factory in northeastern Liaoning province's Panshan County, according to state broadcaster CCTV..Twelve people are missing after the expl

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Punjab assembly dissolved on Imran’s orders

The provincial assembly in Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, was dissolved late Saturday, in a move orchestrated by former prime minister Imran Khan as part of a bid to force early general elections.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

68 killed in Nepal plane crash

At least 68 people were confirmed dead yesterday after a plane with 72 on board crashed in Nepal, police said, in the Himalayan country’s worst aviation disaster in three decades.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Gunmen shoot dead Afghan ex-lawmaker

Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said yesterday.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

Nepal plane crash: 68 bodies recovered so far

Rescuers have so far recovered 68 bodies from a Yeti Airlines crash site in Pokhara of Kaski district in western Nepal.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

Nepal plane crash: What aircraft was it?

Nepal suffered its worst air crash in three decades today when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara killing 68 people.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

How did the Nepal plane crash happen?

In Nepal’s worst air crash in nearly 30 years, at least 68 people were killed after a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed into a river gorge today while landing at the Pokhara airport.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

Nepal air crashes: A timeline since 2010

An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, officials said, the latest aviation disaster to hit the Himalayan nation.

January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023

Death toll from Nepal plane crash rises to 68

At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the country's Civil Aviation Authority said, in the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.