INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nepali search and rescue teams on Tuesday recovered the body of the last of 22 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the Himalayas two
Twin Otter aircraft that crashed 15 minutes after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara, 125 km (80 miles) west of Kathmandu, on
Sunday morning.The plane was bound for Jomsom, a popular tourist and pilgrimage site, 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Pokhara, on what should
have been a 20-minute flight.A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) said the plane had only the voice recorder to
preserve ground to air and air to air conversations
1979, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.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.Bodies of 10 victims were brought to Kathmandu on Monday, and the
remaining 12 bodies would be flown into the capital on Tuesday and released to the families following an autopsy and identification, Karna
said.The Nepali government has set up a five-member panel to determine the cause of the crash and suggest preventive measures for the
Everest, has a history of air accidents.In early 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka to Kathmandu crashed on landing and caught
fire, killing 51 of the 71 people on board.In 1992, all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it
ploughed into a hill as it tried to land in Kathmandu.Source: Reuters-Agencies
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://adaderana.lk
