The bodies of the victims of the Nepal plane crash began to be returned to their families on Tuesday, two days after the country’s worst air disaster since 1992.
The plane, a twin-engine ATR 72 belonging to Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, carrying 68 passengers and four crew members, crashed on approach to Pokhara airport and no survivors were found.
So far, 70 of the 72 bodies have been recovered, a police source told Agence France-Presse (AFP) news.
The causes of the accident, the deadliest in the country in three decades, are still unknown. The weather was mild and windless on the day of the accident, according to local authorities.
Pokhara, located 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu, is the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular Himalayan trekking route.
The deadliest air disaster in Nepal’s history occurred in September 1992. All 167 occupants of a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 were killed when the plane crashed on approach to Kathmandu.
Source: TSF
