Nepal plane crash: Briton among dozens who died

A British antheral is among the passengers who died successful a level clang successful Nepal connected Sunday.

The idiosyncratic was antecedently described arsenic Irish by Nepal authorities, but was understood to beryllium traveling connected a UK passport.

He has not yet been formally named by authorities.

There were 72 passengers and unit aboard the Yeti Airlines that crashed adjacent the tourer municipality of Pokhara. There are not believed to beryllium immoderate survivors.

A spokesperson for Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that an idiosyncratic indicated successful reports arsenic being Irish is simply a UK national, and that the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO) was providing consular support.

An FCDO spokesperson said: "We are supporting the household of a British antheral who has died successful Nepal and are successful interaction with the section authorities."

Sunday's incidental - which occurred connected a formation from the superior Kathmandu to Pokhara, successful cardinal Nepal - is the country's deadliest level clang successful 30 years.

Anup Joshi said that the "mountains were wide and visibility was good", adding determination was a airy upwind and "no contented with weather".

Mobile telephone footage showed the level rolling sharply arsenic it approached the runway. It past deed the crushed successful the gorge of the Seti River, conscionable implicit a kilometre from the airport.

Officials person said the dependable and achromatic container formation recorders person been recovered.

The authorities has acceptable up a sheet to analyse the origin of the catastrophe and the premier curate declared Monday a nationalist time of mourning.