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Nepal Plane Crash: Pilot Sole Survivor in Crash That Killed 18

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    The Facts

    • A passenger plane crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 people, local officials said.

    • "Only the captain was rescued alive and is receiving treatment at a hospital," said a spokesman for Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.

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