68 Bodies Retrieved from Pokhara Plane Crash Site

January 15: A total of 68 bodies have been retrieved from the site where the ATR-72 plane belonging to Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara of Kaski this morning.     
 According to Kaski’s Assistant Chief District Officer Anil Shahi, the rescuers are using crane to undertake rescue efforts as the plane fell deep down into the Seti River gorge. Thirty-one bodies have been already taken to the Pokhara-based Gandaki Hospital for post-mortem.    
A total of 72 people including 68 passengers and four crew members were onboard the ill-fated plane that took off from Tribhuvan International Airport to Pokhara at 10:33 am today. Among the deceased, 53 are Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, one Irish, one Argentinian, two Koreans and one French national. The crew members are Captain Kamal KC and Anju Khatiwada, and airhostess Srijana Hongchun and Osin Alemagar. -- RSS