KATHMANDU - The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official said on Tuesday (May 31). Two Germans, four Indians and 16 Nepalis were on the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft which...
Member of Nepal Army carries the body of a victim of the Tara Air passenger plane, that crashed with 22 people on board while on its way to Jomsom, from the helicopter at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 30, 2022.KATHMANDU - The bodies of all 22 people, including 19 passengers and three crew members, who were on board a plane that crashed into a Himalayan mountainside in Nepal two days ago have been recovered, an official said on Tuesday .
The plane was bound for Jomsom, a popular tourist and pilgrimage site, 80km north-west of Pokhara, on what should have been a 20-minute flight. Nepali soldiers and rescue workers had retrieved 21 bodies from the wreckage, strewn across a steep slope at an altitude of around 14,500 feet on Monday. They recovered the last body on Tuesday morning, Mr Karna said.
"The bodies will be sent to the Teaching Hospital for post-mortem... and will be handed over to the families after identification," Mr Karna said.The Nepali government has set up a five-member panel to determine the cause of the crash and suggest preventative measures for the aviation sector.
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