Tourists dead in Nepal air crash

Published: 9 October 2008 y., Thursday
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Fourteen of the 18 people killed in the crash of a Yeti Airlines passenger plane in the remote Everest region were about to go on a trekking expedition.


Reacting to the news that its clients were among those killed, a Munich-based tour operator described Yeti Airlines as one of the most reliable private fliers in Nepal.

 

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