KATHMANDU, Nepal - A plane carrying trekkers into the Everest region crashed Friday morning in Nepal's capital, and all 19 people on board are believed dead, authorities said. Thirteen people on board were foreigners, while three passengers and the three crew members were from Nepal, said Kathmandu airport chief Narayan Bastakoti. He said all the 19 were believed to have been killed when the plane crashed. The twin-engine prop plane belonging to the domestic Sita Air crashed onto open ground near the Manohara River on the southwest edge of Kathmandu, just minutes after takeoff. Weather conditions were clear. Firefighters brought the fire in the wreckage under control and police rescuers were...
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