Plane crashes in central Nepal - at least 16 dead
A plane with 72 people on board has crashed at Pokhara airport in central Nepal and 16 bodies have been recovered, officials say.There were 68 passengers on board, including 10 foreign nationals, and four crew members, Reuters reports."We expect to recover more bodies," an army spokesman told Reuters, saying the plane "has broken into pieces".
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal called an emergency meeting of his cabinet and urged state agencies to work on rescue operations.
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