About 29 people have reportedly died following the crash of a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines in Pokhara in Nepal.

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This crash was described as the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation.

Hundreds of rescue workers have scoured the hillside where the flight carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu went down.

Officials called off the search operations for the day, this evening, saying they will resume on Monday.

Footage from a local TV earlier showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft for victims and survivors.

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Licks of flames could be visibly seen as the rescue team worked their way through the broken sections.

The cause of the crash is not yet known as the weather was clear at the time the aircraft was in the air.

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