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the passenger list obtained by SBS, there were two Koreans with the surname Yoo.

It is possible that they are tourists from the Himalayas, but the head of the Korean Association of Nepal said that local travel agencies do not know their identities.



Reporter Han Seong-hee reports.



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This is a list of passengers on the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal.



Among the 72 people, the names of two Koreans with the surname Yoo are included.



The president of the Korean Association of Nepal explains that Pokhara Airport is a place where tourists who want to climb Annapurna in the Himalayas mainly visit.



[Eom Jin-yong/President of the Nepalese Korean Association: Most of the people who come to travel contact a Nepalese travel agency in Korea and make a reservation online.]



Since trekking accidents are common, the local authorities and the Korean association are taking emergency measures in case of an emergency. We have formed and run a committee.



The identities of the two Koreans with the surname Yoo identified on the passenger list are not yet known to local travel agencies.



[Eom Jin-yong/President of the Nepalese Korean Association: I checked everything in the morning, including the travel agency, but I don't know everything.]



Tourists with a lot of climbing experience explain that sometimes they do not go through a travel agency.



[Eom Jin-yong/Nepal Korean Chairman: There are many people who come personally without necessarily going through a travel agency.

There are many cases where people who have been here once do it that way.]



The embassy is also focusing on identifying the whereabouts of Korean passengers.



[Park Jong-seok/Junepal Ambassador: It has not yet been confirmed that the two of them finally came out.

I guess we'll have to wait until then.]



Pokhara, where the accident occurred, is a place where plane crashes are frequent due to the changeable weather.



Eight months ago, in May of last year, a passenger plane traveling between Jomsom and here crashed, killing all 22 people on board.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, CG: Park Chun-woong)