Nepal searchers pull bodies from plane crash site as black boxes found

Record ID: 1706691

  • Title: Nepal searchers pull bodies from plane crash site as black boxes found
  • Date: 16th January 2023
  • Summary: POKHARA, NEPAL (JANUARY 16, 2023) (REUTERS) SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS OPERATING ON PLANE CRASH SITE SEARCHER UNTANGLING ROPE, PLANE DEBRIS ON GROUND PEOPLE LOOKING ON VARIOUS OF BODIES BEING PULLED UP USING CRANE PEOPLE LOOKING ON CRANE WHICH IS USED TO REMOVE BODIES, PLANE DEBRIS ON GROUND PEOPLE WATCHING SEARCH OPERATION PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND PLANE DEBRIS PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL GATE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE MORGUE SECURITY PERSONNEL IN RIOT GEAR OUTSIDE MORGUE WOMAN CRYING AND BEING CONSOLED BY RELATIVE
  • Embargoed: 30th January 2023 18:51
  • Keywords: Crash site Dead bodies Hospital Morgue Nepal Plane crash Pokhara Post mortem Relatives Rescuers Searchers Yeti airlines
  • Location: POKHARA, NEPAL
  • City: POKHARA, NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001292416012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Search and rescue workers cleared debris and pulled bodies out of a Nepal plane crash site on Monday (January 16), as the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were located for the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft which came down a day earlier.
    The passenger flight crash on Sunday (January 15) killed at least 70 people in Nepal's worst plane accident for 30 years.
    The data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the aircraft, carrying 72 people, to go down in clear weather just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara.
    Rescuers battled cloudy weather and poor visibility on Monday as they scoured a river gorge for passengers who are unaccounted for, more than 24 hours after the crash.
    Locals gathered in Pokhara to watch the rescue efforts, looking at the charred remains of the plane near a mountain gorge.
    The plane, on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, gateway to the scenic Annapurna mountain range, was carrying 57 Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one person each from Argentina, Ireland, Australia and France.
    (Production: Roshan Giri, Tarun Kumar, Sunil Kataria, Carla O’Connor)
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