No fewer than 44 people aboard a domestic flight in Laos (Asia) were killed on today when the plane crashed in the south of the country.
Officials confirmed that the Lao Airlines plane came down in the Mekong River.
The aircraft crashed in bad weather just before it was due to land at Pakse airport, an airline official, quoted by the Bangkok Post, said.
The plane was on a flight from the Lao capital, Vientiane, when it crashed at about 16:00 local time (9.00GMT).
