BANGKOK (Reuters) - Bad weather is being blamed for the crash of a Laos Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong river in southern Laos killing all 49 people on board, among them nationals of 10 countries.
The ATR-72 turboprop plane flying from the capital Vientiane crashed at about 4.10 p.m. (10:10 a.m. BST) on Wednesday just eight km (five miles) short of its destination Pakse, which is near the borders of both Thailand and Cambodia.
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