Plane carrying 72 people crashes in Nepal, some bodies recovered - official, state TV

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An aircraft carrying 72 people crashed in western Pokhara in Nepal Pokhara on Sunday, an airport official said.

State television reported some bodies had been recovered from the crash site in the west of the small Himalayan country.

(Reporting Gopal Sharma; Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by William Mallard)