71 bodies recovered at Nepal's plane crash site with last missing one to be confirmed
STORY: 71 bodies recovered at Nepal's plane crash site with last missing one to be confirmed
DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:45
LOCATION: Kathmandu
CATEGORY: OTHERS
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1. various of the rescue efforts
STORYLINE:
With the second body recovered at the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in central Nepal on Tuesday, 71 bodies had been found with the last missing victim remains to be confirmed, an official said.
"We have found one more body in the Seti River," Guru Datta Dhakal, assistant chief district officer of the Kaski district where the ATR-72 aircraft crashed, told Xinhua. "So the total number of bodies recovered has reached 71."
A Yeti Airlines plane crashed into the Seti River gorge near the city of Pokhara on Sunday when it was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 72 people on board.
A total of 69 bodies had been recovered by Monday evening with the 69th found in the Seti River, and both black boxes of the ill-fated plane were retrieved on Monday.
The 70th body was re
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