After the second physique was recovered from the crash web site of a Nepalese passenger aircraft in central Nepal on Tuesday, 71 our bodies had been discovered, with the final lacking sufferer but to be confirmed, an official mentioned.
“We discovered one other physique within the Seti River,” Guru Datta Dhakal, deputy district chief of Kaski district the place the ATR-72 aircraft crashed, informed Xinhua.
“So the entire variety of our bodies recovered has reached 71.”
A Yeti Airways aircraft crashed within the Seti River gorge close to the town of Pokhara on Sunday whereas flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 72 folks on board, the Xinhua Information Company reported.
A complete of 69 our bodies had been recovered as of Monday night, with the 69th being discovered within the Seti River, and each black containers of the ill-fated aircraft had been recovered on Monday.
The 70th physique was recovered from the crash web site early Tuesday.
Legs believed to be from the 72nd individual have been recovered, “however we now have but to find out,” Dhakal mentioned.
“Rescue efforts have been halted for at the moment. They may proceed tomorrow morning,” he added.