Nepal Airlines plane crashed on the banks of Kaligandaki river at Jomsom, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, injuring all 21 people on board. No one was killed
A Japanese tourist who survived a plane crash in Jomsom speaks on a mobile phone after she was evacuated to Pokhara hospital for treatment May 16, 2013. According to Nepal's Republica newspaper reports, the Nepali Airlines airplane that flew from Pokhara to Jomsom carrying 18 passengers (10 Nepali and 8 Japanese) crashed after it skidded off the runway and fell into the Kali-Gandaki River at around 8 AM local time. No casualties have been reported but some passenger sustained injuries from the accident. REUTERS/Santosh Pokharal KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese tourists, survived with injuries, police said.
Four of the injured were in critical condition, police officer Bhim Bahadur Chand said.
The state-owned Nepal Airlines plane was carrying eight Japanese tourists. The others on board, including three crew members, are all Nepali.The Canadian-built Twin Otter plane was trying to land at Jomsom airport, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, when it crashed on the banks of the Kaligandaki river.
