Tributes have flooded in for Elena Banduro, 33, who was ‘the brightest, kindest soul’ (Image: east2west information/EPA)

the first victim of the devastating Nepal airplane crash that killed no less than SIXTY EIGHT other folks has been pictured.

Elena Banduro, 33, published a smiling selfie moments earlier than the aircraft plummeted into a gorge and burst into flames in Pokhara.

The Russian travel blogger excitedly instructed her fans on social media approximately her commute.

Importing a picture of herself at the airplane, she wrote: ‘go to Nepal!’

From Moscow, Elena labored as a social media manager and travelled widely. 

Tributes flooded in for her today on social media, with one naming her ‘the brightest, kindest soul we knew’.

Fifteen foreigners and four team contributors have been a few of the SEVENTY TWO other folks on board the plane, which was once attempting to land at a newly-opened airport.

Rescuers combed the wreckage at the edge of the cliff and in the ravine underneath.

She posted excitedly on social media ahead of shedding her life in the crash (Image: social media/e2w)

Elena labored as a social media manager (Picture: social media/e2w)

Locals joined rescue teams to assist but experiences counsel they couldn’t get close to the aircraft as it had burst into flames (Picture: AP)

members of the family of the victims have been observed having a look distraught as they were escorted inside at Kathmandu airport, the place the flight had started off.

the dual-engine ATR 72 plane ultimate made touch with the airport from close to Seti Gorge at 10.50am native time, the aviation authority said.

Tek Bahadur KC, a senior administrative officer in the Kaski district, mentioned he anticipated rescue workers to find more our bodies at the backside of the gorge.

Top Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who rushed to the airport after the crisis, has showed an investigation has been launched.

‘The incident was once tragic’, he mentioned.