The Facebook page of Palavecino says she was manager of the Hotel Suizo in Neuquen city. Omar Gutiérrez, governor of Argentina's Neuquen province, wrote on his official Twitter account that an Argentine passenger on the flight was Jannet Palavecino, from his province. The Russian Ambassador to Nepal, Alexei Novikov, confirmed the death of four Russian citizens who were on board the plane. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it's still trying to confirm the fate of two South Korean passengers and has sent staff to the scene. The full force of the Nepali army, police has been deployed for rescue,' he said. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal rushed to the airport after the crash and set up a panel to investigate the accident. I heard a man crying for help, but because of the flames and smoke we couldn't help him,' Tiwari said.Īt Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, family members appeared distraught as they waited for information. 'The flames were so hot that we couldn't go near the wreckage. Local resident Bishnu Tiwari, who rushed to the crash site near the Seti River to help search for bodies, said the rescue efforts were hampered by thick smoke and a raging fire. Hours after dark, scores of onlookers remained crowded around the crash site near the airport in the resort town of Pokhara as rescue workers combed the wreckage on the edge of the cliff and in the ravine below. The aircraft's fuselage was split into multiple parts that were scattered down the gorge. On Sunday, Twitter was awash with images that showed plumes of smoke billowing from the crash site, about 1.6 kilometers (nearly a mile) away from Pokhara International Airport. The bodies of foreigners and those that are unrecognizable will be sent to Kathmandu for further investigation. Gyan Khadka, a police spokesperson in the district, said 31 bodies have been identified and will be handed over to family after officials finish post mortem reports. 'I'm so sad, I can't believe it still,' she said in tears.

She was planning to meet her friend, Tribhuban Paudel, on Tuesday when she heard that his flight had crashed. Relatives and friends of victims, many of whom were from Pokhara, consoled each other as they waited.īimala Bhenderi was waiting outside the post-mortem room Monday. It said the copilot, who was offering support and monitoring conditions, was “ineffective and was oblivious to the rapidly unfolding unsafe situation” and should have taken control of the plane.Hundreds of people gathered outside the Pokhara Academy of Health and Science, Western Hospital, where the bodies are being kept.

The report said the pilots did not respond to warnings that the plane was too close to the ground and did not follow landing checklists. The report said pathologists concluded that he had not been wearing a seat belt and had received blunt-force trauma to his head. The body of the passenger who died was found three days after the crash. Thirty-four passengers and 12 crew members were rescued by local boats and US Navy divers, though six passengers were “seriously injured”, according to the final report on the crash from Papua New Guinea’s Accident Investigation Commission. The plane eventually sank in about 98 feet (30 metres) of water. Investigators said the plane missed the runway by 1500 feet (460 metres) in weather with poor visibility that required pilots to rely on their instruments.

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