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Chinese premier sends condolences over plane crash in Nepal

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday extended condolences to his Nepalese counterpart, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, over a plane crash in the country.

In a message, Li mourned the dead and extended condolences to their families.

A small plane operated by Tara Air crashed Wednesday while flying from the country's second-largest city of Pokhara to the mountain resort town of Jomsom. All 23 people aboard, including a Chinese passenger, were killed. Endi