Nepal plane crash: No hope of finding survivors, official says

  16 January 2023    Read: 569
Nepal plane crash: No hope of finding survivors, official says

Searchers say they have given up hope of finding survivors after Nepal's worst air disaster in decades.

Local official Tek Bahadur said the chances of finding anyone alive were "nil". However the plane's flight data and voice recorders had been found, he said.

There were 72 passengers and crew aboard the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara which crashed on Sunday.

It is unclear what caused the crash.

"We have collected 68 bodies so far. We are searching for four more bodies," said Mr Bahadur, chief district officer in the Taksi district.

It is the country's deadliest plane crash in 30 years.

Mobile phone footage showed the Yeti Airlines flight rolling sharply as it approached the airport. It then hit the ground in the gorge of the Seti River, just over a kilometre from the airport.

There were 72 passengers and crew on board the flight.

On Monday some 300 rescuers resumed their search, combing through the charred wreckage.

The prime minister of Nepal has declared Monday a national day of mourning, and the government set up a panel to investigate the cause of the disaster.


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