Emergency personnel resumes search mission in Nepal 

• Yeti Airlines flight crashed near the city of Pokhara on Sunday.
• Killing at least 69 out of 72 passengers.
• The accident is the country of the Himalayas’ biggest air disaster in 30 years.

Hundreds of emergency personnel resumed their search and recovery mission in Nepal on Monday.

Following a fatal plane crash that has once again brought attention to the risks associated with air travel in a nation that is frequently referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly.

A Yeti Airlines flight crashed near the city of Pokhara on Sunday, killing at least 69 out of the 72 passengers on board, according to the bodies that have been found.

The three other people who are still missing are still being sought after, but Kaski District Police Chief Superintendent Ajay KC stated on Monday that the likelihood of finding survivors was “very low” as bodies were being removed from the canyon by a crane.

The airline reports that 41 victims have now been identified. The airline and local police have confirmed that their remains would be given to their family members.

A group of forensic specialists didn’t arrive in Pokhara until Monday afternoon local time, which caused the autopsies to be postponed.

The accident is the country of the Himalayas’ biggest air disaster in thirty years. According to data from the Aviation Safety Network, it is also the third deadliest aviation accident in Nepal’s history.

According to experts, Nepal’s reputation as a notoriously risky country for flying is a result of factors like bad weather, poor visibility, and hilly topography.

When contact with a control tower was lost, the Yeti Airlines flight Sunday had almost completed its brief trip from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara.

According to the nation’s civil aviation authorities, there were 15 foreign nationals on board.

According to a Yeti Airlines representative, the pilot of the downed aero plane had lost her spouse, who was a co-pilot for the same airline, in a related disaster in 2006.

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