An Irish citizen is understood to be among 72 people on board a plane that has crashed in central Nepal.
An Irish citizen is among 72 people on board a plane that has crashed in central Nepal, the Department of Foreign Affairs has said.
Hundreds of rescue workers are currently scouring the hillside crash site, where thick black smoke surrounds the wreckage. The small twin-engine plane operated by Yeti Airlines was on its way to the capital, Kathmandu, when it got into difficulty over western Pokhara.Horrifying last moments of an ATR plane crash from Nepal in Pokhara that was bound for Kathmandu. All 72 people on board are dead.
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