No sign of aircraft in second Nepalese quake

Hundreds of Nepali troops yesterday searched for a missing US Marine helicopter with eight people on board, a day after a second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks killed more than 60 people.

The Himalayan nation is still reeling from last month’s quake measuring a magnitude of 7.8 that killed more than 8,000 people and injured close to 20,000. Tuesday’s 7.3 quake has killed 67 people and destroyed many houses.

The US helicopter was delivering aid in Dolakha, one of the districts hit hardest by both quakes, when it went missing with six Marines and two Nepali troops on board.