Tourist plane crashes in Nepal
- 13 years ago
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This was the grim scene after a small plane carrying mostly foreign tourists to see Mount Everest crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu on Sunday.
All 16 passengers and three crew on board the Beech aircraft were killed, officials said.
Of the passengers, 10 were Indian, two American, one Japanese and three Nepali.
The three crew were also Nepali.
Police said one survivor was rushed to hospital but died during treatment.
They said all the bodies had been recovered but that helicopters were unable to land at the crash site because of the poor weather conditions.
The plane, owned by Buddha Air, was flying to Kathmandu after the flight to view Everest when the accident happened.
This was the grim scene after a small plane carrying mostly foreign tourists to see Mount Everest crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu on Sunday.
All 16 passengers and three crew on board the Beech aircraft were killed, officials said.
Of the passengers, 10 were Indian, two American, one Japanese and three Nepali.
The three crew were also Nepali.
Police said one survivor was rushed to hospital but died during treatment.
They said all the bodies had been recovered but that helicopters were unable to land at the crash site because of the poor weather conditions.
The plane, owned by Buddha Air, was flying to Kathmandu after the flight to view Everest when the accident happened.