Passenger aircraft crashes in Nepal (VIDEO)

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Passenger aircraft crashes in Nepal (VIDEO)

The Yeti Airlines flight had 68 passengers and four crew members on board, the airline said

A Yeti Airlines ATR 72 plane with 68 passengers and four crew members on board crashed in Nepal during a domestic flight from the capital, Kathmandu to Pokhara on Sunday. 

A video posted on social media appears to show the jet flying at low altitude moments before the tragedy.

A rescue team was flown to the crash site on a helicopter, according to the Kathmandu Post. “Responders have already reached there and [are]trying to douse the fire,” local official Gurudutta Dhakal said, as quoted by the media.

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