Nepal aircraft crash killed 18 in Everest: only pilot survived

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

People stand around 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. 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, survi...

Yeti Airlines staff carry the bodies of passengers and crew members killed when their plane crashed in Lukla. A passenger plane crashed on landing at a remote airfield in Nepal's Everest region, killing 18 people most of whom were German tourists. (AFP)