All 19 passengers and crew dead in Nepal plane crash

Seven Britons and 5 Chinese are among the dead in a plane crash Friday, September 28, on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu which killed all 19 on board, according to a revised police toll. "The plane crash in the capital has caused the death of 12 foreigners, including 7 British and 5 Chinese tourists. The remaining seven, including three crew members, are Nepalese, said Nepal Police spokesman Binod Singh. Police had initially said five Japanese, two Italians and a Briton were killed in the crash but later corrected the information, which had been given in error by an officer at the crash site. "All 19 passengers on the Sita Air plane have died. The accident site is less than one kilometer (half a mile) from the airport," Singh told AFP. "The pilots seem to have tried to land it safely on the banks of the river but unfortunately the plane caught fire."