A small aircraft struck a bird and crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, killing 19 people, including seven British and five Chinese passengers, officials said.
Yesterday’s crash of the propeller-driven Dornier aircraft was the sixth fatal air accident in less than two years in Nepal, where more than a dozen small private carriers often brave bad weather to fly to mountain areas served by no proper road network.
The British group, who were due to begin trekking in the Himalayas today, were travelling with Hampshire-based travel company Explore Worldwide. – (Reuters, PA)