Two people died after a cargo plane crashed in Nepal during bad weather on Wednesday, the latest aviation accident in the impoverished Himalayan nation.
The Makalu Air flight lost contact moments after takeoff and crashed into a hillside not far from its destination in the remote northwestern district of Humla.The wreckage was found scattered across a mountain at an altitude of 3,900 metres (12,800 feet).
"Bodies of both the pilot and co-pilot have been recovered from the crash site," district chief Madhav Prasad Dhungana told AFP.
"We believe it missed the route and crashed into a hillside, probably because of bad weather."
Nepal has a poor road network and many remote mountain communities rely on planes and helicopters to bring in basic goods.
But the country has a dismal safety record, which is largely blamed on inadequate maintenance and poor management.
Nepal-based airlines are banned from flying in European Union airspace because of safety concerns.
In March, 51 people were killed when a passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed at Kathmandu airport, the country's deadliest accident in more than two decades.
Last month a Malaysian jet carrying 139 people aborted a takeoff and skidded into a muddy verge at the same airport, causing chaos and long delays. No one was hurt.
