KATHMANDU, May 30: Mortal remains of 10 persons who died in Tara Air plane crash in Thasang Rural Municipality-2 in Mustang district have been brought to Kathmandu on Monday evening.
Spokesperson of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Teknath Sitaula said 21 dead bodies were recovered from the crash site and 10 of them were brought to Kathmandu in the first phase. The dead bodies were brought by a MI 17 helicopter of Nepal Army and have been sent to the hospitals for post-mortem.
Postmortem of bodies of plane crash victims begins
Identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained. It is said that 11 other dead bodies are in the crash site and would be brought to Pokhara and then to Kathmandu on Tuesday once the weather improves.
Search for the dead body of one of the missing passenger in the ill-fated crash is currently underway. Rescuers and search teams are yet to recover the body due to adverse weather there, the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre at TIA said.
Meanwhile, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale, who was at the Search and Rescue Coordination Centre, has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the accident. Minister Ale said he was stunned from the huge humanitarian loss caused due to the crash.
Minister Ale has expressed heartfelt tributes to the departed souls and deep sympathies to the bereaved families saying that the accident caused an irreparable loss to the nation. (RSS)
