Nepal air crash
Dawn.com
Published
May 14, 2012
![An Agni Air plane crash survivor looks on after receiving medical attention at a hospital in Pokhara, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu, on May 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP An Agni Air plane crash survivor looks on after receiving medical attention at a hospital in Pokhara, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu, on May 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-afp-670-61.jpg)
![Unidentified survivor of a plane crash is carried for treatment to a nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, May 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP Unidentified survivor of a plane crash is carried for treatment to a nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, May 14, 2012. ? Photo by AP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-ap-670-11.jpg)
![Unidentified people comfort each other as bodies of relatives, victims of a plane crash, are brought in to the nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal. ? Photo by AP Unidentified people comfort each other as bodies of relatives, victims of a plane crash, are brought in to the nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal. ? Photo by AP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-ap-670-21.jpg)
![Nepalese rescue workers and officials inspect the site of a plane crash near Jomson, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, Nepal. ? Photo by AP Nepalese rescue workers and officials inspect the site of a plane crash near Jomson, 200 kilometers (125 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu, Nepal. ? Photo by AP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-ap-670-31.jpg)
![Nepalese army soldiers carry the remains of a plane crash victim flown for treatment to the nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal. ? Photo by AP Nepalese army soldiers carry the remains of a plane crash victim flown for treatment to the nearby city of Pokhara, Nepal. ? Photo by AP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-ap-670-41.jpg)
![An Agni Air plane crash survivor is assisted off an aircraft after being evacuated for medical attention to Pokhara Airport, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu. ? Photo by AFP An Agni Air plane crash survivor is assisted off an aircraft after being evacuated for medical attention to Pokhara Airport, some 200 kms west of Kathmandu. ? Photo by AFP](https://i.dawn.com/2012/05/nepal-air-crash-afp-670-51.jpg)
Fifteen passengers died on May 14 when a plane carrying Indian pilgrims crashed near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northernNepal, while six made a miraculous escape, police said. The Agni Air plane plunged into a hill close to Jomsom near the Annapurna mountain range.
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