All 14 people on crashed Nepal plane dead

All 14 passengers and crew on board a Nepalese plane that crashed in bad weather near the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday were killed, the head of the rescue team said. A small plane heading for the Everest region with 14 people on board including four Americans, a Japanese and a British national when it crashed in bad weather near the Nepalese capital on Tuesday, the home ministry said. The Agni Air plane was returning to Kathmandu after it was unable to land at Lukla, its intended destination in a popular trekking spot in the Everest region of eastern Nepal, ministry spokesman Jayamukunda Khanal told a foreign news agency. Among the passengers were four Americans, a Japanese and a British national, said Khanal, who had earlier indicated there were 15 people on board.

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