A plane carrying 68 passengers with four crew members onboard has crashed in Pokhara.

The plane took off from the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu at 10:33 AM (local time) for Pokhara. 

According to the witnesses, the plane owned by Yeti Airlines caught fire mid-flight and crash-landed near a residential area in Pokhara. The crash site is approximately 2 km from the newly constructed International Airport. 

All passengers onboard, including the crew members, are presumed dead.

So far, 25 bodies have been recovered.