In Katmandu, Nepal, a plane carrying tourists to view the highest peak mountain, Mount Everest, crashed while on the attempt to land on Sunday. Nineteen (19) people on board were killed according to the officials.
Ten Indian nationals, two U.S. citizens and a Japenese are among the victims. Furthermore, the plane was also carrying three Nepalese passengers and three crew members when it crashed in a village just a few miles south of Katmandu.
Eighteen bodies were pulled out from the plane's wreckage and another victim died after being rushed to the hospital. An eyewitness said that the plane hit the roof of a house in the village. In addition to that, it was foggy and the visibility was very low.
The plane, Hawker Beechcraft, had taken passengers to view the Mount Everest and other high peaks and was returning to Katmandu. It is a one-hour flight that takes tourists over the Everest and can view the mountain from the airplane windows.
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