At least 67 people so far died in the deadly plane crash in Nepal so far, news agency AFP said quoting the Nepal police.
The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines was carrying as many as 72 people (68 passengers and four crew members) from capital Kathmandu crashed between the old and new airports in the Pokhara city on Sunday morning.
There were 53 Nepalese, 5 Indian, 4 Russian, 2 Koreans, and one each from Argentina, Ireland, Australia, and France were on board, the airlines said in a statement.
According to the information given by Yeti, no Bangladeshi national was boarding via the aircraft.
Bikram Gautam, head of Pokhara Regional International Airport, also confirmed it to the media.
The Nepal government has formed a five-member commission of inquiry to probe the incident. One-day national mourning will be observed across the Nepal on the following day.
The aircraft took off from Kathmandu`s Tribhuvan International Airport around 10:33 am. The crash happened around 20 minutes after the take-off and the flight time between the two cities is 25 minutes, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
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