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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
The anguish of the families of seven British trekkers killed in an aeroplane crash in Kathmandu last week is set to be prolonged after officials in Nepal rejected a British offer to send a specialist team to help identify the victims. Officials told...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
29 September 2012 The plane in which seven Britons died en route to Mount Everest may have been critically overloaded when it crashed and burst into flames, a senior figure from the firm that operated the aircraft said last night. The admission from...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
The black box of an ill-fated Nepalese plane that crashed killing all 19 people on board was recovered today and officials citing a bird hit and an error by a "panic-stricken" pilot as possible causes of the tragedy. Police handed over the black box...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 8 months ago
Nepal said Saturday an error by a "panic-stricken" pilot likely caused the crash of an Everest-bound plane that killed all 19 on board. The twin-propeller Sita Air plane had just taken off on Friday from Kathmandu and was headed to the town of Lukla,...
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Indian Express
| 8 months ago
How girlfriends delay in packing saved NY couple from fiery Mt Everest Nepal crash death '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Agencies : Washington, Sat Sep 29 2012, 14:02 hrs A New York Daily News interns brother and his girlfriend...
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Sky News
| 8 months ago
A plane crash in Nepal that killed 19 people, including seven Britons, was probably caused by pilot error, officials have said. It had been reported the aircraft, which was taking trekkers from the capital Kathmandu to the town of Lukla before they...
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The Sun UK
| 8 months ago
I could hear people inside the plane wailing and screaming. We went to throw water at the plane but were scared that the engines were about to explode. We informed the police and other locals about the incident and came back... there was just silence.
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China News
| 8 months ago
Nepal Shock, grief at deaths of 4 Chinese and 1 Chinese-American The deaths of four Chinese nationals and one Chinese-American in a Nepal plane crash on Friday brought condolences from countless Chinese netizens. The five victims were on their way...
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The Hindu
| 8 months ago
An aircraft crash in Nepal's capital on Friday morning led to the death of all 19 people on board. A Dornier aircraft of Sita Air, a private airline operator, crashed minutes after taking off from the capital's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Delhi and Ishwar Rauniyar in Kathmandu People gather near the burning plane after it crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Tributes have been paid to seven Britons on a trekking holiday who were among 19 people killed when...
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Sky News
| 8 months ago
Nepal Crash Company Statement Explore Worldwide's Ashley Toft says the company does everything it can to ensure travellers are safe...Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft suitable for the small airfields that dot mountainous Nepal and serve the...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 8 months ago
Wreckage of the twin-engined Dornier plane after it crashed in Nepal killing 19 people. Press/Corbis A plane crash in Nepal on Friday has killed 19 people, among them seven Britons . It is thought the tragedy occured when the aircraft hit a large...
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Kuwait Times
| 8 months ago
A plane flying 19 people towards Mount Everest went down in flames on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital yesterday, killing everyone on board including seven Britons and five Chinese, police said. The twin-propeller Sita Air plane had just taken...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Seven Britons were among 19 people killed when a plane heading for the Everest region crashed in Nepal's capital, the Foreign Office has said. The Sita Air plane came down minutes after take-off from Kathmandu...Aviation officials said five Chinese...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Delhi, Ishwar Rauniyar in Kathmandu, and agencies Seven Britons were among 19 people killed when a small plane crashed soon after takeoff from Kathmandu airport, Nepal , possibly after hitting a large bird of prey. They were identified by local...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
The fire quickly spread to the rear, but the tail was still in one piece at the scene near the Manohara River on the south-west edge of Kathmandu Incinerated: Villagers were unable to approach the plane because of the flames and it took some time for...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press Nepalese police officers searched through debris at the site of the crash...Narendra Shrestha/European Pressphoto Agency A rescue team removed bodies from the rubble. Seven British, five Chinese and four Nepalese...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
A plane carrying 19 people to Lukla near Mount Everest hit an eagle, crashed and caught fire in Nepal Friday, killing all aboard, an airport official said. Nepalnews.com reported the propeller-driven, twin-engine Dornier 9N-AHA-with 16 passengers and...
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China News
| 8 months ago
A small plane struck a bird and crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, killing 19 people, including seven British and five Chinese passengers, officials said. The crash of the propeller-driven Dornier aircraft...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
Better to die in the excitement of the moment than to die a thousand deaths of old age boredom. Resnam, Sandbanks, 28/9/2012 7:57 I doubt thats what they and their families will be thinking, I am sure they would settle for a boring life right now -...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
The crew of the aircraft that crashed on Friday minutes after taking-off from the international airport here had felt intense heat in the cabin, it was reported in Kathmandu. A member of the Sita Airways operations office told The Telegraph that...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
Suggested Topics Seven British trekkers were among 19 people killed today when their plane crashed shortly after take-off from Kathmandu on route for the Mount Everest region. Some reports said the pilot was trying to return to the airport after the...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
A Nepalese plane with tourists aboard, flying from Kathmandu to Lukla near Mount Everest, crashed early Friday, killing all 19 aboard, Nepalnews.com reported. The plane crashed near Bhaktapur minutes after taking off from Kathmandu, the report said.
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The Financial Express
| 8 months ago
All the 19 people including three crew members on board a Dornier Aircraft bound to Lukla, the nearest airport to the Mt Everest Base camp were killed as it met with an accident barely two minutes after it took off from the domestic airport here. The...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
The plane carrying trekkers into the Everest region crashed just after takeoff Friday morning in Nepal's capital, killing all 19 people on board, authorities said. Seven Britons and five Chinese are among the dead in a plane crash Friday on the...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
27 September 2012 Seven Britons are believed to be among 19 people killed when a plane crashed on its way to the Everest region in Nepal today. The twin-engine plane, operated by domestic carrier Sita Air, came down minutes after take-off near the...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
Nepal plane crash Updated September 28, 2012 13:52:31 A small passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital on Friday, killing everyone on board including five Japanese, two Italians and a Briton, police said.
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The Hindu
| 8 months ago
Kathmandu, September 28, 2012 All 19 people, mostly foreigners, aboard a Dornier aircraft of a private airlines were killed on Friday as the plane crashed minutes after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport here. Sixteen passengers and...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 8 months ago
Singh said the aircraft was bound for Lukla, a small town in northeastern Nepal which serves as the gateway to Everest. "All 19 passengers on the Sita Air plane have died. The accident site is less than one kilometre from the airport," he said. "The...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
A passenger jet carrying 19 people towards an airport in the shadow of Mount Everest crashed Friday on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, police said, with all on board feared dead. A Sita Air plane carrying 16 passengers and three crew...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Nepal (AP) A plane carrying trekkers into the Everest region crashed Friday morning in Nepal's capital, and all 19 people on board are believed dead, authorities said. Thirteen people on board were foreigners, while three passengers and the three...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
The plane, operated by Sita Air, came down minutes after take-off in the south-west of the city...Reports say rescue personnel are trying to put out a fire on the plane, which crashed into a river bank.
