KATHMANDU, Jan 25: Six of the 72 people who were killed in the Pokhara plane crash on January 15 are yet to be identified. Their identity would be established through DNA tests, said the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. 

The TU Teaching Hospital has confirmed that the identities of six of the 48 dead people brought to the hospital for a postmortem are yet to be established.

The identity of 42 dead people has been ascertained through forensic reports and fingerprints, said the hospital's forensic expert Dr Tulasi Kandel.  

"There were difficulties in ascertaining the identity of six of the dead persons through forensic reports and fingerprints as their bodies were excessively burnt. So, we have started the process to identify them through their DNA tests," he said. 

DNA tests would be carried out in the Nepal Police Laboratory. The process of collecting the DNA samples of the dead from their family members and relatives is underway, he said, adding that it takes at least 22 days to ascertain the identity of a dead person through the DNA testing. 

On January 15, an aircraft of the Yeti Airlines flying to Pokhara from Kathmandu crashed into the Seti gorge in Pokhara, killing all 72 people onboard the plane including four crew members. (RSS

 
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