Two helicopters have been deployed to the Yeti Airlines plane crash site in Pokhara to carry out rescue operations. In a statement issued by the Search and Rescue Coordination Center of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), NALX and NALA choppers have been deployed from Pokhara. The Center said that more helicopters have been kept on standby in Pokhara and Kathmandu to carry out and search rescue operations.

It further said that rescue operations are being carried out with the help of Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police personnel.

According to the Center, there were 53 Nepalis, four crew members, five Indian nationals, four Russian nationals and two Korean nationals on the ill-fated aircraft. Similarly, one Argentinian, one Irish and one French national were also on the plane. The crew members were Captains Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada while flight attendants were Srijana Hongchun and Oshin Ale Magar. According to Yeti Airlines spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula, the aircraft with call sign ATR-72 that took off from Kathmandu to Pokhara at 10: 33 am today crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport at 10: 50 am. ALSO READ: PM Dahal calls emergency Cabinet meeting following plane crash in Pokhara