Dahal

A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reported Sunday.

The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew members, the newspaper reported, quoting a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines.

As Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a four-day visit, India announced that it would help the Himalayan country build railway tracks, stretching from Mechi in east Nepal to Mahakali in the west.

Hundreds of Nepali troops were searching for a missing U.S. Marines helicopter with eight people on board on May 13, a day after the second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks killed scores and sent panicked residents into the street.