<p>Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Sunday instructed security personnel and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations after a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed near the Pokhara airport.</p>.<p>The prime minister held an emergency meeting of the Cabinet as soon as a Yeti Airline ATR-72 aircraft crashed while landing near the Pokhara airport.</p>.<p>He instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs, security personnel, and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations in the tragic accident, My Republica newspaper reported.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/40-killed-in-nepal-plane-crash-5-indians-among-72-on-board-1181211.html" target="_blank">40 killed in Nepal plane crash; 5 Indians among 72 on board</a></strong></p>.<p>The prime minister left for Tribhuvan International Airport to understand the details of the accident of the plane flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 4 crew members and 68 passengers, including 10 foreigners, onboard.</p>.<p>So far 40 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, the report said.</p>.<p>According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10.33 am and crash-landed at the airport in Pokhara -- a major tourist destination in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p>The aircraft crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport.</p>
<p>Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Sunday instructed security personnel and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations after a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard crashed near the Pokhara airport.</p>.<p>The prime minister held an emergency meeting of the Cabinet as soon as a Yeti Airline ATR-72 aircraft crashed while landing near the Pokhara airport.</p>.<p>He instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs, security personnel, and all government agencies to carry out effective rescue operations in the tragic accident, My Republica newspaper reported.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/40-killed-in-nepal-plane-crash-5-indians-among-72-on-board-1181211.html" target="_blank">40 killed in Nepal plane crash; 5 Indians among 72 on board</a></strong></p>.<p>The prime minister left for Tribhuvan International Airport to understand the details of the accident of the plane flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 4 crew members and 68 passengers, including 10 foreigners, onboard.</p>.<p>So far 40 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, the report said.</p>.<p>According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the aircraft took off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport at 10.33 am and crash-landed at the airport in Pokhara -- a major tourist destination in the Himalayan nation.</p>.<p>The aircraft crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new airport.</p>