Plane crash update: 23 bodies identified, with three remaining unidentified

KATHMANDU: On Sunday morning, three of the 68 bodies recovered from the crash site of Yeti Airlines’ 9N ANC ATR-72 were unable to be identified.

SP Ajay KC of District Police Office Kaski informed that the dead bodies were indistinguishable from male and female, according to Ajay KC of the District Police Office Kaski. He stated that there was a problem identifying the bodies of three people due to extensive burns.

Around 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, 68 people were killed when a Yeti Air plane crashed in the Seti River gorge in Pokhara, Kaski.

Among the bodies collected from the accident site, 39 men and 25 women have been identified.

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Since Monday morning, the bodies of the other four people have been searched for and rescued in Seti Khoch, Pokhara Metropolitan City-17 Gharipatan.

The bodies of 67 plane crash victims have been transported to the Western Regional Hospital (Gandaki Hospital). He stated that a dead body had been discovered in the hole and that efforts are being made to remove the body.

The Armed Police Force removed the bodies of four people from the cave on Monday morning.

The condition of the four passengers on the plane is still unknown.

So far, 23 people have been identified as being involved in the accident.

The plane carried 72 people, including 11 foreign nationals and three children, as well as 68 passengers and four crew members.

Of which 41 are women and 27 are men.

There are 5 people from India, 4 people from Russia, 2 people from Korea, 1 person each from Ireland, Argentina, Australia and France.