Ben Ogden, a 27-year-old Oxford graduate set to begin his legal career at Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy, was among the 19 peopleseven of them British citizenswho died when a twin-engine propeller plane went down near Kathmandu shortly after taking off Friday morning.
The plane, operated by domestic carrier Sita Air, crashed near a river on the outskirts of the Nepal’s capital after a bird reportedly hit one of its engines. The passengers were hikers traveling to the town of Lukla in the Khumbu Pass, a region known as the gateway to Mount Everest and other peaks that attract thousands of adventure-minded tourists each year. Ogdenwho had sought to get away on a three-week hiking vacation before joining Allen & Overy as an associate next month was among them, according to reports in the British press.
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