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Princess killed in copter crash

KATHMANDU, NOV. 12. A member of Nepal's royal family and three others were killed today when a helicopter with six persons on board crashed into Rara lake in Mugu district, about 500 km west of Kathmandu, officials said.

The French-made helicopter belonging to a private airline crashed as it was attempting to land near the lake, killing 49-year-old Princess, Ms. Prekhsya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, wife of Dhirendra who was killed in the royal palace massacre on June 1, two other passengers and the pilot, Mr. Ravindra Kadaria, on the spot, the officials at the rescue co- ordination centre at Tribhuvan International Airport said.

- PTI

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