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                    Nepal Plane Crash Kills 15, Six Survive

   by VOA News

   Police in Nepal say a plane crash near an airport in the country's
   north has killed 15 people.
   Authorities say six people on board, including two Danes and two
   children, survived Monday's crash.  The plane, belonging to local
   carrier Agni Air, went down while trying to land at an airport in
   Jomsom, a hub for Hindu pilgrims and trekkers.
   Officials say just before the crash, the pilot told air traffic control
   that the plane was having technical problems and that he was diverting
   back to the city of Pokhara for an emergency landing.
   The Jomsom airport, at an elevation of 2,700 meters, is known for being
   among the world's most dangerous.
   Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai expressed his condolences for
   the crash.
   This is the second deadly accident for Agni Air in less than two
   years.  In August of 2010, one of the airline's planes crashed in the
   Himalayan region, killing 14 people - including four Americans.
   And last September, a Buddha Air flight carrying tourists to view Mount
   Everest crashed near Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, killing all 19 people
   on board.

   Some information for this report was provided by Reuters..
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