A spokesman for Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority says a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder have been retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane that went down on approach to the tourist town of Pokhara. The spokesman, Jagannath Niraula, says the boxes were found on Monday, a day after the ATR-72 aircraft crashed, killing 68 of the 72 people aboard.
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A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard.
Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people ab.