KATHMANDU, Jan 22: Among those who died in the Pokhara air crash, 14 more bodies have yet to be identified. Head of the Forensic Medicine Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Dr Gopal Kumar Chaudhary informed Republica that the bodies of 14 people brought to Kathmandu are yet to be identified.
According to him, it was difficult to identify the dead bodies through forensic methods because the bodies were burnt beyond recognition. He said, “Since the bodies were burnt excessively, we have a problem identifying the bodies through forensic methods," he added, “We will try to identify the bodies even till this evening."
Pokhara Air Crash: Identifying bodies becoming extremely diffic...
According to him, if the bodies cannot be identified through forensic methods, they will be identified through DNA testing. The head of the department, Dr Chaudhary said that the DNA test of the body will be done in the laboratory of the Nepal Police. He said that it will take at least 22 days to identify the bodies through DNA tests.
As many as 48 dead bodies were brought to Kathmandu for forensic examination. Similarly, 22 people have been forensically examined in Pokhara. On January 1, a plane of Yeti Airlines, which was going from Kathmandu to Pokhara, met with an accident in the gorge of the Seti River. As many as 72 people including four crew members died in the accident.
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