An aircraft with 72 people on board crashed in Nepal on Sunday, Sudarshan Bartaula,a spokesman for Yeti Airlines said.
According to local media reports, the plane crashed on Sunday between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
“There are 68 passengers on board and four crew members… Rescue is underway, we don’t know right now if there are survivors,” Bartaula added.
Rescue workers arrived the scene to put out the wreckage. Local official Gurudutta Dhakal said some bodies had been recovered from the crash site.
“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire. All agencies are now focused on first dousing the fire and rescuing the passengers,” Dhakal said.
Details shortly…