Kazeem Owoseni
No fewer than 16 People have been reported dead in a plane crash in Central Nepal.
The ATR Yeti Airlines plane with 72 people on board, was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara crashed and cashed fire on landing.
The plane reportedly crashed with 68 passengers on board, including 10 foreign nationals and four crew members.
Rescue exercise is therefore ongoing at the crash site near the tourist town’s airport, with the Nepalese Soldiers helping out.
According to the Video of the crash site posted on the internet, there was thick billowing black smoke and burning debris at the site.
The spokesperson for the Nepalese army said, “we expect to recover more bodies.”
The Nepalese Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal has therefore, called an emergency meeting of his cabinet and urged the state agencies to continue working on rescue operations.
