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KATHMANDU, Jan. 18 (PTI) The search for the last missing person in the Nepal air crash, a plane carrying 72 people including five Indians, resumed on Wednesday after rescuers pulled a body from the crash site on Tuesday. ) Yeti Airlines plane crashed in a river valley in the resort city of Pokhara.
The body of a woman was found deep in the Seti River gorge on Tuesday, two days after the fatal accident. So far, the bodies of 71 people who died in the crash have been recovered.
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With the help of divers and four drones, the search for the missing began early Wednesday morning, and rescuers have given up hope of finding anyone alive, MyRepublica reported.
The Yeti Air plane took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport at 10.33am on Sunday and crashed on the banks of the Seti River between the old and new airports in Pokhara just minutes before landing.
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There were 53 Nepalese passengers, 15 foreigners (including 5 Indians) and 4 crew members on the Yeti Air plane when it crashed.
The five Indians, all from Uttar Pradesh, were identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha, 25, Bishal Sharma, 22, Anil Kumar Rajbhar, 27, Sonu Jaiswal, 35, and Sanjaya Jaiswal.
The remains of as many as 48 of the dead had been transported to Kathmandu, the report added.
All the bodies were airlifted to Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon, except for the locals and the unidentifiable bodies, as well as those of foreigners.
The remains of the 48 victims have been transported by Nepal Army helicopter to Kathmandu for post-mortem examination at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj.
Kathmandu Police Superintendent Dinesh Mainali said the bodies would be handed over to their respective families only after the autopsy was completed.
“Forensic experts are currently working hard to complete the autopsy on the deceased. After we get the autopsy report, we will hand over the remains of the deceased to their respective families,” he said.
Meanwhile, a French team of experts arrived in Nepal on Tuesday to study the Yeti Airlines ATR crash in Pokhara on January 15.
A nine-member team of experts from the company that makes the ATR aircraft has arrived in Pokhara.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from a Syndicated News feed, the body of content may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)
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