At least 68 dead in Nepal plane crash; search for the missing underway

Sixty-eight deaths were confirmed and four people were missing after a plane crashed Sunday in a ravine near an airport in Nepal.

Yeti Airlines Flight NYT691 crashed in a ravine near the resort town of Pokhara at about 10:50 a.m. local time, the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said. Two helicopters and a ground rescue team were searching for the missing, the agency said.

“The incident was tragic," Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said. "The full force of the Nepali army, police has been deployed for rescue."

Hundreds of people gathered at the site soon after the crash of the twin-engine plane. Sixty-eight passengers and a crew of four were aboard the plane, the agency said...