Nepal plane crash, 14 feared dead
On Tuesday morning, a single-engine aircraft with 11 passengers and three crew members on board,reportedly crashed south of Kathmandu amid bad weather, according to government officials.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in an interview with CNN that four of the passengers are U.S. citizens, one is a Japanese citizen and one a British citizen. However, their identities were not immediately confirmed.
The 14 people on board are not expected to be alive, Home Ministry spokesman Jaya Mukunda Khanal said.
The aircraft was heading to the Everest region of Nepal from Kathmandu when it was rerouted back to the capital due to poor weather.
A police rescue team was headed to the mountains in the Makwanpur district, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southeast of Kathmandu, Khanal said. Local reports from eyewitnesses said the plane crashed into an agricultural field and broke into pieces.
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