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Monday, May 14, 2012


DETAILS OF JOMSOM CRASH Kathmandu, 14 May: Thirteen Indian tourists and two Nepali crew members of a German-built German twin propeller Dronier were killed Monday when the aircraft crashed against a hill at 9.50 while returning to Pokhara from Jomsom airport where it couldn’t land because of technical problem. The right wing hit the hill. Five of six injured in the chartered aircraft are preparing to return home from a hospital in Pokhara—a Nepali airhostess, two Danish and two Indian children. One Indian is undergoing treatment at the resort town’s Manipal Hospital. All are out of danger. Tourists chartered the aircraft for a pilgrimage to Muktinath temple. nnnn

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