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Locals watch the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, Jan.15, 2023. A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members. Ashish Puri/AP hide caption

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A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal, killing dozens

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Rescuers gather at Galawa Beach, about 22 miles from Moroni, Comoros, July 1, 2009, as they prepare to search the area after a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros as it attempted to land in the dark amid howling winds. Sayyid Azim/AP hide caption

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In May 2019, residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport. State media are reporting a Chinese airliner from China Eastern with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption

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