2 pilots killed after plane crash landed in Nepal

Two pilots have been killed when a passenger plane crash landed in Nepal.

All nine passengers survived in the incident, reports Kathmandu Post.

The incident came two days after a plane crashed into a mountainside in Nepal killing all 23 people on board.

The dead are Captain Dinesh Neupane and co-pilot Santosh Rana.

The flight had taken off from Nepalgunj to Jumla with 11 people on board.

Citing eyewitnesses, Kathmandu Post reported that the plane went into a steep descent and crashed nose-down.

Nepal Army spokesperson Brigedier General Tara Bahadur Karki said that a joint team of Nepal police and army went to the accident site.