The 19 people on board the plane all died when it crashed in dense fog
A plane carrying 19 people, mostly foreign tourists, has crashed in Nepal while trying to land in dense fog, police have said.
A witness said he saw as many as 18 of the bodies pulled out of the wreckage in Bisankunarayan village, a few miles south of the capital, Kathmandu.
The final person on board was rushed to hospital but also later died.
Eyewitness Haribol Poudel told Avenues Television the plane had hit the roof of a house in the village.
Officials said that there were 13 foreign tourists on board - 10 Indians, two Americans and one Japanese.
The plane reportedly hit a house
There were also three Nepalese passengers and three crew members.
Nepal's air rescue office reported that the control tower near Kathmandu airport had last made contact with the Buddha Air flight at 7.31am (local time).
The Beechcraft jet was returning to the Nepalese capital after taking the passengers to view Mount Everest.
The "mountain flight" takes tourists over the Everest region where they can see some of the world's highest peaks from the plane windows.
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