Sad to hear, but there are conflicting reports regarding casualties. Even the report headed
All on board die as Agni Air crashes in Jomsom then goes on to report 6 survivors.
From Australian news (Sydney Morning Herald):
Fifteen people were killed when a Dornier plane with 21 people on board crashed near Jomsom in Nepal today, the nation's civil aviation authority said.
Six survivors were shifted to a nearby hospital, said Tri Ratna Manandhar, director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal in a telephone interview with Bloomberg. As many as 16 people on the plane were Indian nationals, he said.
Police spokesman Binod Singh told AFP that at least 11 people had been killed when the Agni Air plane carrying 21 people plunged into a hill close to Jomsom near the Annapurna mountain range.
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The six survivors included two children.
"The plane was about to land at Jomsom airport. It hit a muddy slope and is now buried in the side of the hill," Singh said.
He said there had been an unknown number of foreign passengers on board.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported that four Indians were among the dead.
Singh said the aircraft had been carrying 18 passengers and three crew members.
Read more: Six survive Nepal air crash, 15 dead: aviation authority