Deadly Lao Airliner Crash Blamed on Bad Weather
![A Laotian soldier covers the body of a plane crash victim with a sheet on the bank of the Mekong River in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e9777d16-2918-46e3-a5c0-dc8690abb75f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Laotian soldier covers the body of a plane crash victim with a sheet on the bank of the Mekong River in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.
![Thai rescuers unload the body of a plane crash victim from a boat in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d07ffadc-191d-4323-8d67-9c3474cabaf0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thai rescuers unload the body of a plane crash victim from a boat in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.
![Rescue workers recover the body of a plane crash victim in the Mekong River in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4a3f16d0-ee22-42ee-92b7-3c099cf19c19_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rescue workers recover the body of a plane crash victim in the Mekong River in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.
![Loatian officials unload the body of a plane crash victim upon arrival at a Chinese temple in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/80ad9c01-fe6f-4bc2-96d0-cb3b9b4d95ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Loatian officials unload the body of a plane crash victim upon arrival at a Chinese temple in Pakse, Laos, Oct. 18, 2013.