A plane crash in Nepal has left at least 67 people dead, Agence France-Presse reported.
The Yeti Airlines flight, with 72 people on board, crashed in Nepal on Sunday.
A rescue is underway with responders attempting to put out fires at the wreckage, and there is no information on survivors, the report cited airline spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula as saying.
Nepal plane crash
“Rescue is under way, we don’t know right now if there are survivors,” Bartaula said.
“We have sent 31 bodies to the hospital and are still taking out 33 bodies from the gorge,” said police official Ajay K.C.. He added that rescue operations were hampered by difficulties in reaching the site in a gorge between two hills near the tourist town’s airport.
The flight was en route to Pokhara from capital Kathmandu, the Kathmandu Post said, also quoting Bartaula. Pokhara, in central Nepal, is a lakeside tourist hub nestled below the Annapurna mountain range.
Yeti Airlines spokesperson, Sudarshan Bartaula, confirmed there were 72 people onboard – 68 passengers and four crew. According to an airport official, the passengers included one travellers from Australian, France, Argentina, Russia, India, South Koreans and Ireland.
Flying is notoriously risky in the region, the picturesque Himalayan nation that’s a favourite with adventurous tourists and mountaineers.
In May, a Tara Air plane carrying 22 people from Pokhara crashed in the mountains, killing all on board.
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