A small aircraft taking tourists on a sightseeing trip around Mount Everest crashed in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, officials said. The Buddha Air Beechcraft plane carrying 10 Indian passengers, three other foreign tourists, three locals and three Nepali crew crashed into a hillside in heavy rain and fog at Godavari, around 10 kilometres (six miles) from Kathmandu.
Police spokesman Binod Singh said one person had initially survived the crash but had died in hospital.
"The rescue efforts have been hampered by heavy rain," he added, confirming the nationalities of the passengers.
Airport authorities on the ground lost contact with the plane at 7:30 am (0145 GMT) and it crashed minutes later.
Nepal has only a limited road network and many communities in the mountains and hills are accessible only on foot or by air.
source:AFP
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