British tourists killed in plane crash

Monday, 28 Sep, 2012 0

Seven British trekkers were among 19 people killed in a place crash in Nepal today.

Their plane was on route to the Mount Everest region but crashed shortly after take-off from Kathmandu Airport.

According to some reports, investigators were looking into the possibility that it struck a bird as it was taking off. There were no reports of bad weather.

Five Chinese tourists, four Nepalis and three crew members were also killed when the Sita Air Dornier aircraft crashed on the bank of the Manohara river less than a mile from the airport.

The British Embassy has confirmed that British nationals were on board.

It is the latest of a series of fatal air crashes in Nepal.

Local media report that this is the sixth crash in the last two years in which a total of more than 120 people have been killed.

Bev

Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.