Nepal Today

Monday, August 23, 2010

All 11 passengers including four Americans, three crew members feared dead (BREAKING NEWS)

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 24 Aug.: All 11 passengers and three crew members of the Agni Air Dronier are feared dead Tuesday morning following an explosion in the air, police said quoting locals contacted over telephone.
Body parts are strewn over the crash site 30 km from Hetauda in central Nepal.
Four Americans and a Japanese were among the passengers.
The crash occurred at 7.30 in the morning.
Rescue teams from Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force are walking to the area in heavy rain.
Movement of vehicles has been hampered by raid and flooded rivers.
An army helicopter from the capital couldn’t land at the crash site.
The aircraft took off from the capital for Lukla at the foot of Mt Everest and was returning to base after it couldn’t land there.
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