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Plane crash in Nepal leaves dozens dead

By Ayesha Rascoe,
Lauren Frayer
Published January 15, 2023 at 8:02 AM EST
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A Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal. Dozens of bodies have been recovered in the early hours following the crash.

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Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Lauren Frayer
Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.
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