A plane with 72 people on board has crashed near an airport
in central Nepal and 40 bodies have been recovered, officials say.
The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town
of Pokhara crashed on landing, catching fire.
Video posted on social media shows an aircraft flying low
over a populated area before spinning sharply.
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There were 68 passengers on board, including at least 15
foreign nationals, and four crew members.
Some 200 Nepalese soldiers are involved in the rescue at the
crash site in the gorge of the Seti River, just one and a half kilometres from
the airport.
Video of the crash site show thick billowing black smoke and
burning debris.
"We expect to recover more bodies," an army
spokesman told Reuters, saying the plane "has broken into pieces".
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called an emergency
meeting of his cabinet and urged state agencies to work on rescue operations.
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Of the passengers, 53 are said to be Nepalese. There were
five Indian, four Russians and two Koreans on the plane. There was also one
passenger each from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France among others.
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