Nepali plane with nine people on board crashes

Kathmandu, June 21 : A small, twin-engine aircraft belonging to a private Nepali airline with nine people on board crashed in the west of the country today, an airport official said.

The plane was going from Surkhet to Jumla, about 350 km west of Kathmandu.

Details of the crash were not immediately available as it took place in a remote area with poor communications, he said.

Reuters