one of the passengers was filming the landing live on Facebook at the time of the tragedy (video)

Fifteen foreign nationals, including a Frenchman, were among the passengers on board a plane that crashed in central Nepal on Sunday, the airline has learned.

Four of the passengers, all residents of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, were live on Facebook during the landing. Sonu Jaiswal is one such person who shared this video on Facebook.

Of the 72 people on board, including 68 passengers, are five nationals of India, four Russians, two Koreans, an Australian, an Argentinian, an Irishman and a Frenchman, reported Sudrashan Bardaula of Yeti Airlines.