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Chopper Crash

Tara Katuwal, a relative of Nepalese Forest and Land Conservation Minister Gopal Rai, is consoled by the other well-wishers of the family at Tirbhuvan International Airport on Wednesday Sept.27, 2006 during the bodies of the 24 passengers of chopper crash was brought to the capital abroad a Nepal Army helicopter. Minister Rai along with his wife and other five Nepalese and 17 foreign officials and diplomats died in the Russian-made helicopter of Shree Airlines chartered by the World Wildlife Fund that crashed on Sept.23 soon after taking-off from remote mountainous district of Ghunsa, Taplejung.

© PHOTO: SAILENDRA KHAREL

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Taken on September 26, 2006