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Nepali rescuers have successfully retrieved all 22 bodies of the people from a plane which crashed in the Himalayas.
The news was confirmed on Tuesday by the local authorities. Air traffic had lost contact with the Twin Otter plane shortly after it took off from Western Nepal on Sunday and headed to popular trekking destination Jomsom.
After disappearing, the wreckage was found a day later crashed on a mountainside at around 4,420 meters. Ten bodies were brought by helicopter to capital Kathmandu on Monday.
The remaining 12 remained at the crash-site as poor weather restricted access and meddled with the operation. Around 60 people were involved in the search and rescue, with some camping at the site.
Cause of the crash has yet to be confirmed, with the plane having carried Nepalis, Germans and Indians on the plane with many of them on holiday. Nepal’s air industry has historically been critiqued, and suffered from, poor safety.
The EU in fact banned all Nepali airlines from its airspace over safety concerns. A history of plane crashes forms part of the airline’s record, with casualties and injuries made in the process.
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