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Plane carrying 19 people crashes in Nepal

At least 19 people are feared dead after a plane crashed near Kathmandu in Nepal on Friday, a police official and state television said.

The Dornier aircraft, owned by private firm Sita Air, was flying from Kathmandu to Lukla in the Mount Everest region, popular with foreign mountain climbers and trekkers.

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