The bodies of 22 people – 19 passengers and three crew members – who were on board were recovered. aircraft crashed in the Himalayas, Nepal, the day before yesterday Sunday, an official said.
Beyond six foreigners, two German nationals and four Indian nationalsall the rest The victims were citizens of Nepal.
The passenger aircraft, twin-engine De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, crashed about 15 minutes after taking off from Pohara125 west of the capital Kathmandu, on Sunday morning. Its destination was Jomsom, a popular destination for tourists, pilgrims and climbers, 80 km to the west. The flight would take only twenty minutes.
“Rescue crews retrieved all 22 bodies from the crash site.” Dio Chandra Lal Karna, a spokesman for Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority, told Reuters.
Army men initially recovered 21 bodies from the wreckage, scattered on a steep mountain slope, at an altitude of 14,500 feet (4,420 m), yesterday Monday. The last one that was left was pulled out this morning, Mr. Karna clarified.
The bodies of 10 of the victims were transported to the capital Kathmandu yesterday and the remaining 12 will be transported by air today for an autopsy-necropsy and handed over to families, according to the same official. Their names were made public on Sunday.
The Government of Nepal has set up a five-member committee to epinpoint the causes of the crash and make recommendations for improving aviation safety.
Nepal, home to eight of the 14 highest mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, has a poor history of flight safety, due to deficiencies in pilot training and aircraft maintenance.
In March 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines (Bangladesh) plane crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 51 of the 71 people on board.
The deadliest plane crash in Nepal occurred in 1992, when Pakistan International Airlines Aibus A300 with 167 people on board crashed near Kathmandu airport. No one survived.
Source: News Beast
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