Families identify bodies of tourists killed in Mt. Everest crash

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 7:22am

Family members of the 19 victims of a small plane crash in Nepal over the weekend arrived at the hospital in Katmandu where their bodies were taken Tuesday.

Nepali officials said the plane carrying the foreign tourists to view Mount Everest crashed near Nepal's capital on Sunday, killing all 19 on board.

The Beech aircraft was owned a private airline operating in Nepal.

An official at the Katmandu airport said that two of the victims were American.

An investigation into the cause of the crash is still underway.
 

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