Rescuers resumed searching on Monday (January 16) in Nepal for four people still missing after the Himalayan nation’s deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials said, Reuters reports.
A search was also underway for the black boxes — a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder — as rescuers looked for survivors, said Jagannath Niroula, a spokesperson for Nepal's civil aviation authority.
Rescuers had recovered 68 bodies out of the 72 people onboard the ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines that crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes before landing on Sunday (January 15) in clear weather.
The plane, on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, gateway to scenic Annapurna mountain range, was carrying 57 Nepalis, five Indians, four Russians, two South Koreans, and one person each from Argentina, Ireland, Australia and France.
A day of mourning has been declared for the victims of the plane crash in Nepal.
