15 Hindu pilgrims dead in plane crash in Nepal

In a plane crash in the Himalayas in the north-western Nepal 15 of the 21 people aboard were killed.Among the dead if it were twelve Indian Hindu pilgrimage, a Nepali Nepali passenger and the two pilots. Six people - two foreigners, a Nepalese flight attendant and three children - were rescued on Monday and were being flown into the city of Pokhara, authorities said.The plane had crashed while landing at the airport, Jomsom Mountain High. The aviation authority, said the twin-engine propeller aircraft, a Dornier Do 228 of the airline Agni Air was from Jomsom on the way to the tourist town of Pokhara. The pilots were reversed shortly after launch due to technical problems.When trying again to close the runway to land in Jomsom, the plane had crashed in one of the surrounding mountains.