New Delhi: One more body among the two missing persons has been recovered by the rescuers on Wednesday in the Yeti Airlines plane crash which occurred on January 15 in the Pokhara region of Nepal, as reported by the news agency ANI. A total of 71 bodies have been recovered so far. The search for the remaining one is reportedly ongoing.
"One more body has been found among the two missing persons in the Yeti Airlines plane crash that occurred in Pokhara on January 15, 2023. The total number of dead bodies has reached 71. It is reported that the search for the remaining one is ongoing. Search and Rescue Coordination Center," the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said in an official release.
A Yeti Airlines passenger plane with 72 people on board, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara on Sunday. Kathmandu Post on Sunday quoted Sudarshan Bartaula, a spokesperson of Yeti Airlines as saying that the ATR 72 Yeti airlines aircraft crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport.
Earlier, the black box of the Yeti Airlines aircraft was handed over by the Nepal Army to Civil Aviation Authority officials. The twin-engine ATR 72 aircraft from Kathmandu crashed in Pokhara minutes before touch-down.
A purported video capturing the last moments of the plane crash was being circulated on social media. Visuals apparently shot by a passenger of the ill-fated plane shows the landscape of the ground below as the plane circles and prepares for landing in Pokharan. A sudden explosion is heard and sounds of people screaming can be also be heard before the screen goes blank. Shots also capture the flames outside the window of the plane.
(With agencies’ Inputs)