Updated Jan 15, 2023 | 11:07
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Emergency services in front of the wreckage of the crashed machine
Photo: APA/Portal/dpa
NoAt least 44 bodies have been recovered after a domestic airliner crashed in Nepal with 72 people on board. A police spokesman for the German Press Agency said on Sunday. The local Yeti Airlines plane crashed on Sunday morning en route between the capital Kathmandu and Pokhara shortly before landing.
In addition to 53 passengers from Nepal, five Indians, four Russians, two Koreans and one person from Ireland, Australia, Argentina and France were on board, according to airport authorities. There were also four crew members.
Rescue work and investigations into the cause of the accident continued. Yeti Airlines, along with several other Nepalese airlines, is on an EU airline blacklist due to safety concerns.
Pokhara is about 200 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu and is the starting point for several Himalayan trekking tours, including the Annapurna circuit. The Annapurna massif is a popular trekking region in the country. There were several air crashes in the mountainous region. Last year, 22 people died in an accident on the Pokhara-Jomsom flight route.