Seven British and five Chinese passengers on board plane en route to Everest were among 19 people killed when the plane, a twin-engined Dornier run by the local Sita Air, crashed on the banks of the Manohara river at 6.18am on Friday morning minutes after taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport.
The plane had caught fire as soon as it took off and it crashed at the banks of the Manahara river in Koteshwor region, near a slum area, just 2-3 km south of the airport, the officials said.
Among the 16 passengers, who have died in the Dornier Aircraft 9N AHA D228 crash, were seven British, five Chinese and four Nepalese nationals, according to the Rescue Coordination Committee of the Tribhuvan International Airport The crew members are identified as Captain Bijaya Tandukar, co-Pilot Takeshi Thapa and airhostess Ruja Shakya.
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