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Nepal: Plane Crash Hotspot

March 17, 2023

Few countries on earth see planes go missing or crash as often as Nepal. What is behind it?

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Nepal | Flugzeugabsturz in Pokhara
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Nepal is world famous for its dramatic landscapes, immense mountain ranges and snow-capped peaks. Tourists from world-over travel there; some even brave a perilous ascent up one of the steep mountain slopes. But even getting there is risky, with fatal plane crashes occurring time and time again. More than 700 people have died in such accidents over the past three decades. But what is behind these mysterious crashes?

DW reporter Zobaer Ahmed visits Nepal to find out more, speaking with air traffic control, experts, and relatives of victims.

 

 

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