A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal, police and eyewitnesses said.
The Beechcraft plane belonging to Buddha Air was carrying 16 foreign tourists and three crew members and crashed at Bisankunarayan village, just a few miles south of the capital, Katmandu.
Police officials near the crash site said rescuers had reached the crash site, but would not comment on causalities.
An eyewitness, Haribol Poudel, told Avenues Television that the plane had hit the roof of a house in the village and that 18 bodies were pulled out.
Mr Poudel said it was foggy, and that visibility was very low in the mountainous area.
Rewant Kuwar, an official at the Katmandu Airport rescue office, said the plane had last made contact with the control tower at 7.31am local time.
The plane had taken the tourists to view Mount Everest and other high peaks and was returning to Katmandu.
The "mountain flight" takes tourists over the Everest region, and they can view some of the world's highest peaks from the airplane windows.
Officials later confirmed that all 19 people on board died.
The identities of the victims were still unclear, but most were believed to be Indian tourists, sources said.
A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest has crashed while attempting to land in dense fog in Nepal, police and eyewitnesses said.
The Beechcraft plane belonging to Buddha Air was carrying 16 foreign tourists and three crew members and crashed at Bisankunarayan village, just a few miles south of the capital, Katmandu.
Police officials near the crash site said rescuers had reached the crash site, but would not comment on causalities.
An eyewitness, Haribol Poudel, told Avenues Television that the plane had hit the roof of a house in the village and that 18 bodies were pulled out.
Mr Poudel said it was foggy, and that visibility was very low in the mountainous area.
Rewant Kuwar, an official at the Katmandu Airport rescue office, said the plane had last made contact with the control tower at 7.31am local time.
The plane had taken the tourists to view Mount Everest and other high peaks and was returning to Katmandu.
The "mountain flight" takes tourists over the Everest region, and they can view some of the world's highest peaks from the airplane windows.
Officials later confirmed that all 19 people on board died.
The identities of the victims were still unclear, but most were believed to be Indian tourists, sources said.