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Nepal plane crash: Flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered

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Nepal plane crash: Flight data and cockpit voice recorders recovered

Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from a Yeti Airlines plane that crashed in Nepal on Sunday, 15 January.

The passenger aircraft, carrying 72 people, plummeted into a gorge on a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara.

At least 69 people died in the crash, with the remaining three missing people believed to be dead.

The cause of the incident - Nepal's deadliest plane crash in 30 years - is being investigated.

Fifteen foreign nationals were on board the flight.

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