Nepal tourist plane crash kills all 14 on board

The Dornier plane crashed near Shikharpur village, 80km (50 miles) south of Kathmandu.

The plane was reportedly carrying six foreigners, including four Americans and one Japanese. The British embassy has confirmed one UK man was killed.

Witnesses said the Agni Air plane had broken into small pieces.

The plane had been flying to Lukla, a popular trekking spot in the Mount Everest region of eastern Nepal.

The airline authority said the plane was called back because of bad weather.

At 12 nautical miles from Kathmandu airport, the plane radioed in and said it was beginning its descent. Radar contact was lost at 10 nautical miles.

An airport official said the search-and-rescue operation was being hampered by bad weather.

"There are small pieces of the plane all over the field and you can see body parts. We are all so shocked," villager Pratap Lama told the Kantipur radio station.

Eighteen people, including 12 Germans, were killed when a small plane crashed in 2008 in Lukla. Kazinform cites BBC. See www.bbc.co.uk for full version