Two people killed as small airplane crashes in Nepal

Kathmandu: A police official says two people were killed when an untralight aircraft crashed in bad weather in a resort town in Nepal.

Police official Pitambar Timilsian says both the Nepalese pilot and the plane's only passenger, a Chinese tourist, were killed when the aircraft slammed into the side of a mountain in Pokhara today.

Pokhara is located 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of the capital, Katmandu.