At least 40 out of 72 passengers on a plane have been confirmed dead in Nepal.
A passenger plane, ATR-72, carrying 72 people onboard, crashed in Nepal’s Pokhara on Sunday.
The flight was en route from Kathmandu to Pokhara. The plane took off from Tribhuvan International Airport at 10:33 am today.
It crashed ten seconds before landing at the airport, leaving everyone dead.
The aircraft crashed into forested land located on the banks of the Seti Gandaki river that flows between the old domestic airport and Pokhra International Airport.