Kathmandu, 16/1:Nepal observed a day of mourning on Monday for the victims of the nation’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades, with 67 people confirmed killed in the plane crash.
The Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames with 72 people on board as it approached the central city of Pokhara on Sunday, police said.
Soldiers used ropes and stretchers to retrieve bodies from the 300-metre (1,000-foot) deep ravine late into the night, with recovery efforts set to resume on Monday.