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Aspiring actor, tourists among 22 killed in Nepal plane crash

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Kathmandu, Nepal – Prakash Sunuwar was an aspiring actor based in the capital Kathmandu. He worked as a trekking guide to help achieve his dream. The 37-year-old often used to get foreign clients, taking them to exotic Himalayan landscapes.

On Sunday, he was accompanied by two German tourists – Meike Graf Grit and Uwe Willner – on a flight to Jomsom, a popular trekking and pilgrimage destination in Mustang district bordering Tibet.

But the Tara Air 9N-AET flight crashed less than 20 minutes after taking off from Pokhara – a bustling tourist town about 200km (124 miles) west of capital Kathmandu.

Authorities in Nepal on Monday were able to recover 21 bodies from the wreckage site in Sanosware Cliff at an altitude of 14,500...

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