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Relatives of the 18 dead in an aeroplane crash in Nepal have yet to hear from the government or the airline on the possible cause of the disaster, they said a day after the small jet went down during take-off at the airport in Kathmandu, the capital.
The incident has cast a spotlight on the mountainous, landlocked nation’s poor record on air safety, with almost 360 people killed since 2000 in plane and helicopter crashes.
The 50-seater CRJ-200 aircraft that crashed on Wednesday was operated by Saurya Airlines, and was ferrying 15…