Rescue workers in Nepal have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in a remote region, an airport official said on Monday as per news agency Reuters.
“The search for others is continuing,” said Tek Raj Sitaula, a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. “Some of the bodies of the passengers are beyond recognition. Police gathering the remains” the official were quoted as saying.
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