Search resumes for four still missing after plane crash in Nepal
Rescuers in Nepal today resumed the search for four people still missing after the country's worst plane crash in 30 years, officials said.
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 68 of the 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes before it was to land yesterday.
The plane was on a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 57 Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, an Irishman, two South Koreans, an Australian, a Frenchman and an Argentinian on board.
A police official in Pokhara said the search and rescue operation, which was halted due to nightfall yesterday, was resumed this morning.
He added that the search continues for the four bodies that are still missing.
Nepal declared today a day of national mourning and set up a committee to investigate the disaster and suggest measures to avoid such incidents in the future.
And aircraft accidents are not uncommon in Nepal, which has eight mountains among the 14 highest peaks in the world, including Mount Everest, as the weather can change suddenly and increase the danger to air navigation.
At least 350 have been killed since 2000 in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal.
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