Ten Indian tourists and three other foreigners were among the 19 people killed in a plane crash in Nepal Sunday morning, reported the Indo-Asian News Service.

The small aircraft, belonging to domestic airline Bouddha Air, was flying tourists on a mountain flight in northern Nepal when it crashed in Kotdanda in Lalitpur district, close to Kathmandu.

It was carrying 16 passengers with a three-member crew. Eight of the Indians were said to be from Tamil Nadu, southern India.

The nationalities of three other foreigners killed are not known yet.