Sunday Tragedy As Plane Crahes; 40 Killed

At least 40 passengers have been confirmed dead after a plane crashed in the Nepal Central region.
TThe Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu was said to have 72 passengers on board when the plane came down.
It happened at the tourist town of Pokhara.
The plane was said to have crash-landed on catching fire immediately.
Passengers are said to be nationals of Australia, France, Ireland and India.
The Guardian of UK reported the plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal.
The wreckage was on fire and rescue workers were trying to put out the blaze, local official Gurudutta Dhakal said.
“Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire,” Dhakal said. “All agencies are now focused on first dousing the fire and rescuing the passengers.”
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft was operated by Yeti Airlines and flying from Kathmandu, the Himalayan country’s capital, an airport official said. After news of the crash broke the country’s prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, called an emergency cabinet meeting.
Nepal’s air industry has boomed in recent years, carrying goods and people between hard-to-reach areas as well as foreign trekkers and climbers.