Yeti Airlines aircraft carrying 72 people, including one Irish, crashed in western Pokhara
At least three people have been taken to hospital but their condition is unclear, Mr Bartaula said.
Local television showed thick black smoke billowing from the crash site as rescue workers and crowds of people gathered around the wreckage of the aircraft. Rescuers at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. Photograph: YUNISH GURUNG/AFP via Getty Images
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