The officials reported that on Sunday, a plane carrying the tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempted to land in Nepal, killing 19 people on board.
Tourism Secretary, Ganeshraj Joshi said that thirteen foreigners were among the vitims, including ten Indian nationals, two US citizens and one Japanese.
In addition to the foreign tourists, the plane belonging to Buddha Air was also carrying three Nepalese passengers and three crew members when it crashed in Bisankunarayan village, just a few metres to the south of the capital, Katmandu.
Rewant Kumar, an official at the Katmandu's international airport rescue office, said that 18 bodies were pulled out of the plane's wreckage and that another victim died on the way to hospital.
Haribol Poudel, an eyewitness told reporters that the plane had hit the roof of a house in the village and disintegrated into various pieces. No casualities were reported on the ground. He also added that it was foggy and that the mountain was not visible.
News reported by AR for Newsvision online newspaper
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