At least 16 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years

At slightest 16 radical were killed connected Sunday erstwhile an craft crashed successful occidental Nepal's Pokhara, an service spokesperson said, successful the tiny Himalayan country's worst clang successful much than 30 years.

"We expect to retrieve much bodies," Krishna Bhandari told Reuters. "The level has breached into pieces."

There were 72 radical connected the twin-engine ATR 72 craft operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines, including 2 infants, 4 unit members and 10 overseas nationals, said hose spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula.

"We don't cognize their nationalities," helium said. "We are trying to ascertain it."

Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside clang site.

It was the deadliest clang successful Nepal since 1992, the Aviation Safety Network database showed, erstwhile a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside upon attack to Kathmandu.

The level was 15 years old, according to formation tracking website FlightRadar24.

The ATR72 is simply a wide utilized duplicate motor turboprop level manufactured by a associated task of Airbus and Italy's Leonardo. Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website.

Local tv showed heavy achromatic fume billowing from the clang tract arsenic rescue workers and crowds of radical gathered astir the wreckage of the aircraft.

Air accidents are not uncommon successful Nepal, location to 8 of the world's 14 highest mountains, including Everest, arsenic the upwind tin alteration abruptly and marque for hazardous conditions.

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an exigency furniture gathering aft the level crash, a authorities connection said.