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Nepal Plane Crash

18 dead in crash near Mount Everest

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• Oct. 8, 2008: A backpack stands near the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane at Lukla airport, about 40 miles from Mount Everest, Nepal. The small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people, including 16 tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal, officials said. Only one person, the pilot, survived.
• Oct. 8, 2008: People stand around the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane at Lukla airport, about 40 miles from Mount Everest, Nepal. The small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people, including 16 tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal, officials said. Only one person, the pilot, survived.
• Oct. 8, 2008: Local people gather around the remains of a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane at Lukla airport, about 40 miles from Mount Everest, Nepal. the small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people, including 16 tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal, officials said. Only one person, the pilot, survived.
• Oct. 8, 2008: The remains of a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane burns as people stand around it at Lukla airport, about 40 miles from Mount Everest, Nepal. The small airplane crashed and caught fire Wednesday as it tried to land in foggy weather at a tiny mountain airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people, including 16 tourists from Germany, Australia and Nepal, officials said. Only one person, the pilot, survived.