INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 17One more body has been recovered from the Yeti Airlines aircraft
crash site in the Seti Gorge of Pokhara on Tuesday.
25 bodies of plane crash victims brought to Kathmandu
Black box recovered from Yeti Airlines crash site
Mortal remains of a woman were found some 300 metres below the crash site, Chief of the Kaski
District Police Office, DSP Ajaya KC said.
According to him, bodies of 71 deceased in the air crash that took place on last
Sunday have been so far recovered
Search for one missing is still underway, KC informed.The mortal remains of a body that were found scattered on Monday was sent to the
Kathmandu-based Teaching Hospital for DNA test to confirm whether the parts are of the same person, he shared."Some parts of hand, ribs and
head were found separately
The number of bodies recovered would reach 72 if the scattered remains were proved to be of two persons
Otherwise, search operation would continue ", he added.As informed post-mortem of 22 bodies were performed in the Pokhara-based Western
Families and relatives have received 19 among them
Two of the three bodies in the hospital would be handed over on Wednesday and one after some days.The bodies of those unidentified, foreign
nationals and crew members have been sent to Kathmandu for post-mortem on Tuesday.
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