ABC: Rescuers have recovered all 22 bodies from the site where a plane crashed on a mountainside in Nepal.
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Rescuers have recovered all 22 bodies from the site where a plane crashed on a mountainside in Nepal, the airline said Tuesday.
All the bodies were flown to Kathmandu and taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital where doctors are performing autopsies, Tara Air said in a statement.
The bodies will be handed over to relatives once autopsy is done, it said.
While 10 bodies were flown to Kathmandu on Monday, the remaining were brought by army helicopter on Tuesday. Relatives of the crash victims waited outside the hospital building for authorities to release the bodies.
The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter aircraft lost contact with the airport tower Sunday while flying on a scheduled 20-minute flight in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops.
Four Indians and two Germans were on the plane, Tara Air said. The three crew members and other passengers were Nepali nationals, it said. more
The Nepali government has set up a five-member panel to determine the cause of the crash and suggest preventive measures for the aviation sector.
Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Mt. 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, all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it plowed into a hill as it tried to land in Kathmandu. more
Autopsies?
Seriously?
A plane hits a mountain and they can’t figure out why the passengers died?
Does Nepal have its own version of HRC? Ron Brown, anyone?
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
Mr. Kakalogical’s maternal grandparents were travel agents in the 1950’s and 1960’s.
They travelled around the world, oftentimes being the first Western visitors to some countries.
On their trip to Nepal, Grandpa Kakalogical explained how the pilots had to fly precisely due to the angle of the surrounding mountains. Seems the DC3 could stall out at the steep angle.
He described landing on the runway as trying to land in a frying pan.
Their tour group was greeted by a welcome fit for dignitaries. They even met the president.
My brothers flew into that airport a couple of years ago….I didn’t make the trip as I’ve watched too many landings and takeoffs on video.
I’ll bet if you added one fat black woman to that flight there would be a fight at the gate or onboard.
Missionary friend of mine was just there for a few weeks in May. Air Disasters has two episodes devoted to crashes @ that airport – I told him to pack a parachute – just to be safe!