Plane crashing in the Himalayas (5)
I believe the answer is:
nepal
'the himalayas' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'plane crashing' is the wordplay.
'crashing' is an anagram indicator.
'plane' with letters rearranged gives 'NEPAL'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nepal that I've seen before include "mountain state" , "somewhere in Asia" , "somewhere in the Himalayas" , "place in the mountains ..." , "Asian republic" .)