A German accident investigator is bound for Nepal after an air crash at a Himalayan airstrip killed 18 people this week.
Twelve German tourists were among the dead in the crash. The German aviation accident inquiry agency BFU said Thursday that Nepal cleared its staffer to attend the investigation as an observer. A Yeti Airlines twin-engine aircraft crashed Wednesday during its landing approach at the Lukla airstrip, which is at an altitude of nearly 3,000 metres. Poor visibility has been named as the cause of the crash, which also claimed the lives of Poor visibility caused plane crash in Himalayas ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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