The domestic Yeti Airlines plane went down during a 27-minute flight from Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Pokhara, a tourist town known as the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas.
The weather had been clear and there was no immediate indication of what caused the crash.
One witness said he saw the aircraft spinning violently in the air after it began descending to land, watching from the terrace of his house. "I think the pilots have lost control of the aircraft and that's why it's ended up on the edge of a ridge," he said."Fuel is not an issue, because it burnt so readily, because there was obviously a lot of fuel on board."
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