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Nepal aircraft crash killed 18 in Everest: only pilot survived



By AP
08 October 2008 @ 4:58 pm IST

People in Nepal looking at the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter plane at Lukla airport, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) from Mount Everest, Nepal, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008.


People in Nepal looking at the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines aircraft on October 8, 2008
People in Nepal looking at the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines aircraft on October 8, 2008(AFP)
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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.

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