Authorities kinds panel to probe Yeti Airways flight that crashed with 72 on board on means from Kathmandu to Pokhara, killing not less than 68.

Kathmandu, Nepal – Rescue groups have recovered 68 our bodies after a Yeti Airways passenger airplane crashed with 72 individuals on board close to Pokhara, Nepal, as search efforts ended for the day.

Authorities mentioned the grim means of figuring out the useless was beneath means, hours after the airplane went down within the Seti River Gorge because it travelled from Kathmandu to its vacation spot Pokhara on Sunday.

“The method of figuring out the our bodies has begun,” Tek Prasad Rai, a spokesperson for the Nepal Police, instructed Al Jazeera. “The rescue operation is happening and we, together with our workforce, have gathered the our bodies”.

No survivors had been discovered as of late Sunday, with officers saying the seek for the 4 lacking individuals would resume on Monday.

Based on particulars launched by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), 53 of the passengers, in addition to the 4 flight employees on board, had been Nepali. The foreigners on board included 5 Indians, 4 Russians, two Koreans, one Irish individual, one Australian, one Argentinian and one French traveller.

The our bodies have been taken to Gandaki Hospital for autopsy identification. Yeti Airways has mentioned it can switch the our bodies to households following the identification course of.

“All of the our bodies are actually in Pokhara. After identification we are going to transport the our bodies to handy places for the households and handover,” Pemba Sherpa, advertising and marketing supervisor at Yeti Airways, instructed Al Jazeera.

“We have now additionally circulated the knowledge to embassies within the case of international casualties,” he added.

It was not instantly clear what prompted the crash. The federal government launched a committee to research the incident and declared Monday a public vacation to mourn the loss.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal tweeted: “I’m deeply saddened by the unhappy and tragic accident of Yeti Airways ANC ATR 72 which was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with passengers.”

“I sincerely attraction to the safety personnel, all companies of the Nepal authorities and most people to begin an efficient rescue,” he added.

Officers instructed Al Jazeera that the rescue operation noticed some difficulties as a result of presence of an enormous crowd on the crash website. The rescue groups have urged these gathered to depart the positioning.

Nepal’s airline sector has been affected by accidents through the years. In Might 2022, a Tara Air airplane crashed lower than 20 minutes after taking off from Pokhara, killing 22 individuals onboard.

In March 2018, a flight from Dhaka, Bangladesh crash-landed at Kathmandu airport, killing 51 individuals.