Not less than 16 folks died as a 72-seater passenger plane crashed on the runway at Pokhara Worldwide Airport in Nepal, information company Reuters reported quoting Nepal military spokesman. The Yeti Airways aircraft which flew to Pokhara from Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara of Kaski district, Kathmandu Submit reported.
A complete of 68 passengers and 4 crew members have been on board the plane. It crashed crashed between the previous airport and the Pokhara Worldwide Airport, Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airways, informed the Kathmandu Submit.
Pictures and movies posted on social media platforms confirmed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash web site.
The wreckage was on hearth and rescue employees have been making an attempt to place out the blaze, native official Gurudutta Dhakal informed AFP.
“Responders have already reached there and making an attempt to douse the hearth. All companies are actually centered on first dousing the hearth and rescuing the passengers,” Gurudutta Dhakal stated.
Final 12 months in Might 2022, all 22 folks on board a aircraft operated by Nepali provider Tara Air died when it crashed after the air site visitors management misplaced contact with the twin-propeller Twin Otter shortly after it took off from Pokhara. In March 2018, a US-Bangla Airways aircraft crash-landed close to Kathmandu worldwide airport, killing 51 folks.
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