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Briton among Nepal plane crash dead, FCDO confirms

Air
James Chapple
17 January 2023

A British man was among the 72 passengers and crew onboard a Yeti Airlines flight which crashed en route to Pokhara on Sunday (15 January).

The crash happened near the town of Pokhara in central Nepal on Sunday

The person was initially described as Irish by authorities in Nepal, but the BBC reports the man is understood to have been travelling on a UK passport.

An extensive search and rescue operation has been ongoing since Sunday, but there are not believed to be any survivors of the crash.

The aircraft, an ATR72 turboprop, was flying from capital Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara. The Foreign Office is providing the man’s family consular support.

"We are supporting the family of a British man who has died in Nepal and are in contact with the local authorities," the BBC reports an FCDO spokesperson as saying.