KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday morning visited the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj and met with the families of the passengers who lost their lives in the Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara. 

PM Dahal inquired about the identification process of the dead bodies on the occasion and directed to speed up the post-mortem, make it scientific and hand over the mortal remains to the families in a speedy manner. 

The PM's Secretariat stated that Prime Minister Dahal urged the hospital officials to ask the government for the required help to complete the work of identification of the bodies promptly.

He also observed the bodies kept there for identification and met with the kin of the deceased. Extending condolences to the families of the crash victims, he said that he has instructed the officials concerned to speed up the body handover process. 

A Yeti Airlines plane that was flying to Pokhara from Kathmandu on January 15 crashed in Pokhara seconds before landing, killing all 72 people on board. The government has formed a high-level investigation commission to probe into the cause of the crash and submit a report. The body has already started its work.

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