Death toll rises to 70 after plane crash in Nepal

Jan. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Nepalese authorities have raised to 70 the death toll due to the accident of a Yeti Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday in the Nepali city of Pokhara, while the process of handing over to the families of the moral remains of the victims.

The Nepal Civil Aviation Authority has indicated on its Twitter social network account that “70 of the 72 bodies have been recovered” and has indicated that 22 bodies have been delivered to relatives in Pokhara.

Likewise, it has detailed that “25 bodies have been transferred to Kathmandu and 23 are being transferred to Kathmandu by the Nepalese Army for post-mortem analysis at the University Hospital.”

The plane had left Kathmandu at 10:33 a.m. (local time) and, for unknown reasons, crashed on its approach to Pokhara International Airport in the Seti River valley. The authorities rule out that there may be survivors among the people traveling on board –68 passengers and four crew members–.