Videos tagged with "plane"

Nepal Plane Crash Kills 15 [02:16]
A small plane owned by a private company crashed in northwest Nepal on Monday, killing 15 people including 13 Indians. The Dornier aircraft owned by private Agni Air company was carrying 18 passengers and a crew of three on a flight from the resort town of Pokhara to Jomsom when it crashed while landing at the mountain airstrip. Among those killed are 13 Indians and two Nepalis. Six survivors had been taken to a hospital in Pokhara and the condition of at least one of them is critical. Two Danish tourists were among those rescued. Jomsom, about 125 km (79 miles) northwest of Kathmandu, is a gateway for trekking in the region where Mount Annapurna, the world's 10th highest mountain, is located. In September last year, 19 people returning after viewing Mount Everest were killed when their plane crashed in bad weather near Kathmandu. It was not immediately clear what caused crash. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountain peaks, including Mount Everest. Tens of thousands of hikers and foreign tourists go to Mount Everest and other trekking routes to see the lofty Himalayan peaks every year. Tourism, a key source of earning for impoverished Nepal, accounts for nearly four percent of the gross domestic product and employs tens of thousands of people. The bodies of 13 Indian pilgrims who died in a plane crash in northern Nepal will be handed over to their relatives on Tuesday after the process of postmortem is completed. The bodies were airlifted to Kathmandu on ...
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Escape from Kathmandu! [02:43]
Check out the new whip! Helicopter flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, Nepal. This private helicopter usually charters for $2500... the four of us paid less than $50! Gotta love bribes. Music from Top Gun's "Danger Zone" by the one and only Kenny Loggins. Yeah buddy.
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Raw Footage Nepal Plane Crash 2012 [00:41]
Plane was on it's way from Pokhara to the Jomsom, a place located at high altitute Himalayan mountains.
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Plane taking off at Phaplu, Nepal [00:15]
Plane taking off on the gravel runway at Phaplu airport, Nepal
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"The ultimate descent" - salto histórico de paraglider do Evereste [01:59]
Vídeo para Ipad sobre reportagem feita em Pokara, Nepal, para a Revista Status de fevereiro de 2012. A descida final Pela priemira vez na história, uma expedição parte do ponto mais alto do planeta até ao mar.
Tags: babu, lakpa, everest, paragliding, nepal, elka andrello