Yeti Airlines

At least 68 people are dead, including one Australian, after the Yeti Airlines flight trembled before it suddenly 'nosedived and went into the gorge'.

Yeti Airlines has a fleet of six ATR72-500 planes, according to its website. It added that the last signal from the transponder was received at an altitude of 2875 feet above mean sea level. It also owns Tara Air, and the two together offer the “widest network” in Nepal, the company says. Hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside where the flight carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu went down on Sunday. One Australian is believed to have been on board. Local TV footage earlier showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft.

An Australian was reportedly on-board a plane that crashed in Nepal, in the Himalayan country's worst aircraft tragedy in nearly five years.

“Half of the plane is on the hillside. “Responders have already reached there and trying to douse the fire. The Yeti Airlines’ ATR-72 was 15 years old. Then there is a loud noise, followed by what sounds like screams. None are operated by Australian airlines but the ATR-72 is in service with Air New Zealand which has 29 in its fleet. Journalist for the BBC and CNN, Wajahat Kazmi, shared the footage and said: “Horrifying last moments of an ATR plane crash from Mr Bartaula said the plane crashed between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal. Horrifying footage has emerged appearing to show the final moments of the doomed passenger plane before it crashed. The video, which has been shared on social media, shows what is reported to be the Yeti Airlines Terrifying footage has emerged appearing to show the final moments of a doomed passenger plane, as it has emerged an Australian was on-board. In total, there were 72 people on board the ATR-72 turboprop when it crashed on Sunday. An Australian was reportedly on-board a plane that crashed in Nepal, in the Himalayan country’s worst aircraft tragedy in nearly five years.

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Stay up-to-date on the latest news with The National Briefing - keeping you in the loop with the nation’s breaking news as it hits. Emergency services and rescue teams worked until late Sunday in the search for survivors, reconvening the search until Monday. According to authorities, at least 68 of the 72 people onboard the flight have died after the Yeti Airlines plane plummeted into the hillside during a flight from Kathmandu.