Last body found at crash site of Nepali plane

KATHMANDU
May 31, 2022, 10:41 AM
by Xinhua/UNB

UNB News
KATHMANDU
Publish- May 31, 2022, 10:41 AM
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Last body found at crash site of Nepali plane

Nepalese policemen shift the dead body of a plane crash victim to an ambulance at an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 30, 2022. Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal on Monday recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on board a plane that crashed a day earlier, officials said. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

With the last dead body found on Tuesday morning, all the 22 bodies left by a crashed Nepali passenger plane have been recovered, the Nepal Army said.

"Last dead body has been recovered. Arranging to bring remaining 12 dead bodies from crash site to Kathmandu," tweeted Brigadier General Narayan Silwal, spokesman of the Nepal Army, which was leading the search and rescue effort.

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A preliminary study shows bad weather conditions caused the Twin Otter plane to crash in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, but the details will be probed by a five-member investigation team, Deo Chandra Lal Karn, spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, told Xinhua.

Relatives of passengers of the Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter plane that went missing wail outside the airport in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The wreckage of the plane carrying 22 people that disappeared in Nepal's mountains was found Monday scattered on a mountainside, the army said. There was no word on survivors. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung)

The Tara Air plane went missing on Sunday morning minutes after it took off from the Nepali city of Pokhara on a journey to Jomsom in Mustang district. Nineteen passengers, including 13 Nepalis, four Indians and two Germans, were aboard the flight along with three crew members.

The Nepal Army found the crash site on Monday morning with 21 bodies recovered and 10 airlifted to Kathmandu on the day.