Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 15: A passenger plane with 72 seats crashed on the runway at Nepal’s Pokhara International Airport. According to news agency ANI, the Yeti Airlines plane carrying up to 68 passengers and four crew members went down between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport. So far, there have been no recorded casualties.
“A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the Yeti airlines aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport,” Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airlines was quoted by The Kathmandu Post as saying.
#WATCH | A passenger aircraft crashed at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal today. 68 passengers and four crew members were onboard at the time of crash. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/DBDbTtTxNc
— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2023
Rescue operations are underway. Further details awaited.