Crowds gather at Nepal plane crash site
Crowds have gathered at the site of a plane crash in central Nepal, where a rescue operation is taking place.
Seventy-two people were on board the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu, officials say.
Rescue crews could be seen dousing fires on the aircraft wreckage as crowds look on.
Some 200 Nepalese soldiers were involved in the rescue in the gorge of the Seti River, just one and a half kilometres from the airport.
Read the latest information on the crash here.
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