<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The girls aged 6 and 9 were among three Indian survivors of the crash in which the Dronier aircraft got buried after hitting a mountain peak straddling the airport.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The girls are conscious and out of danger,&quot; Indian Embassy spokesperson Apoorva Srivastav told news channels.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The third survivor, she said, was a 45-year-old man. It was not clear whether the parents of the young girls survived.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The girls and the man were part of a group of Indian pilgrims apparently from the South who were overtaken by ill fate on their way to a pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Muktinath.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;We are in touch with few of the relatives of the families,&quot; she said, adding that the control room number has been circulated and people have been contacting us.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Sixteen people, most of them Indians, died in the crash. Srivastav assured that rescue operations were in full swing as Nepal army personnel have rushed to the crash site.u00a0</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" width="480"> <param name="movie" value="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="flashvars" value="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Nepal-plane-crash-Indian-survivors-include-2-young-girls.flv&amp;autostart=true" /> <embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="file=http://videos.mid-day.com/videos/flv/Nepal-plane-crash-Indian-survivors-include-2-young-girls.flv&amp;autostart=true" height="270" id="player1" name="player1" src="http://videos.mid-day.com/layout/ewplayer.swf" width="480"></embed></object></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Nepal army personnel have left for the accident site to bring the remains of the deceased to Kathmandu. They are expected to reach Kathmandu by 4 pm,&quot; she said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The aircraft which hit the top of a hill while landing at the Jomsom airport broke into pieces reportedly but did not catch fire.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The plane is now buried in the side of the hill. Rescue operations are underway as bodies are being airlifted from the site.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;All fifteen bodies have been recovered from the site and they are being airlifted to Kathmandu,&quot; a journalist said.</div>  

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Two young Indian girls were lucky to survive the Nepal airliner crash today near high-altitude Jomsom airport in northern Nepal.

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