Video on local media showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site. Some bodies have been recovered from the wreckage, which an army spokesperson said had 'broken into pieces'.
A plane carrying 72 people has crashed in Nepal, an airport official has said.
Video on local media showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds gather around the wreckage of the aircraft.Some bodies had been recovered from the site in western Pokhara."We expect to recover more bodies," Krishna Bhandari said."The plane has broken into pieces."
The twin-engine ATR 72 operated by Yeti Airlines was en route from the capital Kathmandu, the airport official said.Advertisement
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