Nepal plane crash: pilot error likely cause of plane crash Tributes have poured in for the group of seven Britons who were among those killed. The father of the youngest of the British victims, Ben Ogden, 27-year-old Oxford University graduate killed along with seven other Britons in a plane crash in Nepal, paid tribute to his "spirited" son. Andrew Ogden said he wanted the trip to be "his big adventure" before he "knuckled down to some serious work" and life with his girlfriend of eight years. Andrew Ogden told The Daily Telegraph: "We are all absolutely devastated. All 19 people on board the flight to Lukla, a hillside town which is the gateway to the Everest region, were killed after the twin-engine aircraft hit a bird minutes after take-off from Kathmandu. The victims include Timothy Oakes, a 57-year-old education consultant from Warrington, and his friend Stephen Holding, a 60-year-old retired teacher from Stoke-on-Trent. Mr Oakley's wife, Angie, said: "If he was going to die today it's the way that he would have wanted to go. Chris Davey, a 52-year-old electronics engineer from Northampton, and Ray Eagle, a keen 60-year-old runner from Macclesfield, were also killed.