By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A private Yeti Airlines plane crashed Wednesday while landing in the Mt. Everest region during foggy weather in Nepal, killing 14 tourists from Germany and Switzerland and three other people, an airport official said.
The plane took off from the capital, Katmandu, and hit a boundary fence while landing at Lukla airport, about 300 kilometers to the east, said Mohan Adhikari, general manager of the Katmandu airport.
Adhikari said 18 people were on board. The crash killed 12 German and two Swiss tourists, as well as two Nepalese crew members, he said. The identity of one passenger killed in the crash was not immediately known.
One Nepalese pilot survived the crash and was flown to Katmandu for medical treatment, Adhikari said.
if(catID != 151){
var cont = `Take Israel home with the new Jerusalem Post Store