Nepal plane crash: All passengers and crew confirmed dead

  • 2/5/2023
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Kathmandu, May 31, 2022, SPA -- Nepalese officials on Tuesday confirmed all 22 people on board a plane that crashed two days earlier were killed after rescuers found and recovered the final body from the wreckage, according to the dpa. Ten bodies were brought to Kathmandu by helicopter on Monday evening. The plane's wreckage was found at an altitude of almost 4,500 metres in Sanosware in Mustang, a Himalayan district north-west of Kathmandu, more than 20 hours after it was first reported missing, according to the Ministry of Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation. Police said rescue efforts took longer than expected due to bad weather and difficult terrain. There were three crew members and 19 passengers on board - 16 were Nepali nationals, two were German and four were Indian. --SPA 11:19 LOCAL TIME 08:19 GMT 0006 www.spa.gov.sa/w1740316

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