More than a dozen people were killed when a plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal on Wednesday, aviation officials said.

Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went missing on Wednesday morning on Mount Everest, has been found dead, officials announced Thursday.

Rescuers are desperately trying to save victims in the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Nepal after a strong earthquake.

Two U.S. citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal.

The State Department announced that two American citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal earlier this week.

Yeti Airlines flight 691 banked sharply to the left and crashed into a nearly 1,000-foot gorge in central Nepal on Sunday, killing all 72 people on board.

Search crews on Monday recovered the black boxes from Yeti Airlines NYT 691, which crashed in Nepal on Sunday with 72 people on board.

The Yeti Airlines flight crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing 72 passengers on board. Now, investigators are using the black boxes to determine the cause of the crash.

The passenger plane crashed into a gorge on Sunday, killing at least 68 of the 72 on board.

American ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson is reportedly missing after attempting to ski down Manaslu in Nepal, North Face, her sponsor, confirmed to ABC News.

Crews rescued a man from a rocky ledge in Nepal 47 days after he got lost in a snowstorm with his girlfriend, who died three days before the rescue; he survived on just water and salt.

After spending 47 days stranded on a mountain in Nepal, surviving on salt and water, a Taiwanese man was rescued Wednesday but his girlfriend had died three days earlier.