Nepal has declared Monday a day of mourning after its deadliest plane crash since 1992. Meanwhile, it has emerged the model of plane has been involved in several fatal accidents over the years.
Rescuers have resumed searching for four people still missing after Nepal's deadliest plane crash in 30 years, officials have said.in the tourist city of Pokhara minutes before landing in clear weather on Sunday.Nepal has declared Monday a day of mourning and has set up a panel to investigate the disaster and suggest measures to avoid such incidents in future.
Pokhara police official Ajay KC said the search-and-rescue operation, which stopped because of nightfall on Sunday, has now resumed. He said:"We will take out the five bodies from the gorge and search for the remaining four that are still missing."Rescuers have also been searching for the black boxes - a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder - as they looked for survivors, a spokesperson for Nepal's civil aviation authority said.
Local resident Bishnu Tiwari, who rushed to the crash site to help with the search, said rescue efforts were hampered because of thick smoke and a raging fire that engulfed the aircraft.Gaurav Gurung, a witness, said he saw the aircraft spinning violently in the air after it began to attempt a landing."The plane caught fire after the crash. There was smoke everywhere," Mr Gurung said.
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