Footage from the spot show the plane speeding down the runway before a fire broke out with high flames and thick black smoke billowing from the wreckage. The fire has been extinguished.

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The Kathmandu Post reported that all the bodies have been recovered from the crash site.  Police and firefighters are carrying out rescue operations at the accident site.

According to the Himalayan Times, the plane was carrying only the technical staff of the airline. “There were no passengers on board but the plane was carrying few technical staff,” Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at the TIA, said.

“The accident occurred after the Pokhara-bound flight suffered a runway excursion during takeoff,” TIA Spokesperson Subash Jha said.

Authorities have shut down the TIA following the plane crash, the MyRepublica news portal reported. Dozens of international and domestic flights have been affected owing to the airport closure.

(With PTI and ANI inputs)