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| Subject: Nepal: A tendency to investigate only if all people on board have died in the crash, then statists blame the dead crew Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:55 am | |
| All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said on Monday, after searchers battled heavy rain and harsh winds to reach the rugged site the day after the event.
The crash highlights the poor safety record of Nepal, where more than a dozen airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many in remote hills and mountains shrouded in cloud and cut off from roads.
We have to be serious about improving our safety records
All 15 passengers, among them a foreigner, and a crew of three were killed in Sunday's crash at Masine hill in the village of Dhikura, 226 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, officials said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/nepal-plane-crash-in-bad-weather-killed-all-18-on-board-20140218-hvcrx.html#ixzz2ted0M24Z |
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