The Bodies Of All The Victims Of The Plane Crash On The Slopes Of The Nepal Himalayas Have Been Found And Evacuated

Illustration of a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Tara Air aircraft in Nepal. (Wikimedia Commons/Bigforrap)

JAKARTA - Nepalese authorities said that the bodies of all victims of the crash of the Tara Air plane that crashed and crashed have been found, sent to a hospital in the capital and handed over to their families after identification.

Local officials explained, the bodies of 22 victims consisting of 19 passengers and three crew members of the plane that crashed on the slopes of the Himalayas two days ago had been found.

The victims, consisting of 16 Nepalese, four Indian nationals and two German nationals, were found to be aboard the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter which crashed 15 minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara, 125 km (80 miles) west. Kathmandu, on a Sunday morning.

The plane was bound for Jomsom, a popular tourist and pilgrimage site, 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Pokhara, on a flight that was supposed to take 20 minutes.

"Rescuers have recovered 22 bodies from the crash site," Deo Chandra Lal Karna, a spokesman for the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority (CAAN) told Reuters as quoted May 31.

Previously, Nepalese army and rescue workers had found and evacuated 21 bodies from the wreckage of the plane, which was strewn on a steep slope at an altitude of about 14,500 feet on Monday.

"They found the last body on Tuesday morning," said Karna.

He further explained that the bodies of 10 victims had been brought to the capital Kathmandu on Monday, while the bodies of the other victims would be taken to the capital this Tuesday.

"The body will be sent to the Teaching Hospital (Tribhuvan University) for post-mortem. And will be handed over to the family after identification," Karna said.

Meanwhile, the Government of Nepal has set up a five-member panel, to determine the cause of the crash and suggest preventive measures for the aviation sector.

It is known, Nepal which is home to eight of the 14 highest mountains in the world, including Everest, has a history of air accidents. In early 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka to Kathmandu crashed on landing and caught fire, killing 51 of the 71 people on board.

In 1992, about 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane died when it hit a hill while trying to land in Kathmandu.