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Laos air crash: airline to release findings into disaster that killed 49 people

Lao Airlines twin turboprop aircraft crashed into the Mekong river during severe weather in October last year

Lao Airlines is set to release the findings from an investigation into a plane crash that killed 49 people in 2013.

The Lao Airlines ATR 7620 twin turboprop aircraft crashed into the Mekong river during severe weather on 16 October 2013 while it was approaching Pakse airport in the province of Champasak.

The black box data recorders were recovered from the French-Italian-made plane and taken to Europe for the formal investigation into the crash.

The crash killed 17 people from Laos as well as seven French, six Australian, five Thai, three South Koreans, and two Vietnamese passengers.

Individuals from China, Myanmar, Taiwan, and an American also died, and the pilot was Cambodian.