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Officials in Nepal say the wreckage of a missing passenger plane with 18 people on board has been located in the western district of Arghakhanchi. | Officials in Nepal say the wreckage of a missing passenger plane with 18 people on board has been located in the western district of Arghakhanchi. |
There were no survivors and the bodies have been taken to the capital, Kathmandu, officials say. | |
The Nepal Airlines plane was flying from the resort city of Pokhara to Jumla when contact was lost shortly after take-off on Sunday. | The Nepal Airlines plane was flying from the resort city of Pokhara to Jumla when contact was lost shortly after take-off on Sunday. |
An aviation official said the aircraft crashed into a hill. | |
Bimlesh Lal Karna, from Nepal's civil aviation authority, said, "It was very difficult for the rescue helicopters to land there. But they finally did. | |
"All the 18 bodies have been brought to Kathmandu; they will be handed over to the family members after the post-mortem." | |
He said the crash site was on a hill called Masinelek in Arghakhanchi. | |
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Contact with the Canadian-made Twin Otter plane was lost a few minutes after it took off at 12:40 local time (06:55 GMT) from the resort town of Pokhara, bound for Jumla, around 360km (220 miles) west of Kathmandu. | |
Fifteen passengers - reportedly including a child - and three crew members were on board the aircraft, which had started its journey in Kathmandu and stopped in Pokhara to refuel. | Fifteen passengers - reportedly including a child - and three crew members were on board the aircraft, which had started its journey in Kathmandu and stopped in Pokhara to refuel. |
While one passenger was a Danish citizen, all the others on board the plane, including the crew, were Nepali nationals, says the BBC's Surendra Phuyal. | |
Critics say many passenger aircraft in Nepal are poorly maintained. | Critics say many passenger aircraft in Nepal are poorly maintained. |
In December, the EU put all of Nepal's airlines on a blacklist and banned them from flying to the EU on safety grounds. | In December, the EU put all of Nepal's airlines on a blacklist and banned them from flying to the EU on safety grounds. |
In Nepal, 13 private airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many of them in difficult locations, surrounded by mountains, cloudy weather and with no road access. | In Nepal, 13 private airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many of them in difficult locations, surrounded by mountains, cloudy weather and with no road access. |
In September 2012, a plane operated by Nepal's Sita Air crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 19 people. | In September 2012, a plane operated by Nepal's Sita Air crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 19 people. |
In May of that year, 15 people died when an Agni Air plane carrying Indian pilgrims to a Hindu religious site in northern Nepal crashed at a high-altitude airport. | In May of that year, 15 people died when an Agni Air plane carrying Indian pilgrims to a Hindu religious site in northern Nepal crashed at a high-altitude airport. |
Since 1949 - the year the first aircraft landed in Nepal - there have been more than 70 different crashes involving planes and helicopters, in which more than 700 people have been killed. | Since 1949 - the year the first aircraft landed in Nepal - there have been more than 70 different crashes involving planes and helicopters, in which more than 700 people have been killed. |