Eyewitnesses tell how they saw plane covered in flames crash killing 19 in Nepalese capital

Witnesses have described how they heard the desperate 'wailing and screaming' of terrified passengers after a plane crashed in a fireball in the Nepalese capital killing seven Britons. The twin-engine aircraft, operated by domestic carrier Sita Air, was carrying trekkers to the Everest region and came down minutes after take-off near the Manohara River on the southwest edge of Katmandu, killing 19 people in total. The oldest British victim is believed to be 58 while the youngest is 27. Two of them are understood to be brothers. They had been due to begin their 16 day trek this morning.

This morning, as a number of badly burned bodies lay just metres from the aircraft's shattered fuselage, bystanders described hearing desperate screams and flames coming from one of the plane's wings moments before it hit the ground at around 6.30am (00.45 GMT). Housewife Tulasa Pokharel, 26, whose house is just meters from the crash site, said she saw the plane with black smoke crash into an open space on the banks of Manohara river, according to myrepublica.com. She said: 'That time I could hear some people inside the plane wailing and screaming. When we went to inform the police and other locals about the incident and came back, there was just silence. We saw the plane burning and all of them dead.'

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