17 bodies of Nepal crash victims handed to families: Aviation Minister

Jul 29, 2024

Nepal's Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, announced on Sunday that the bodies of 17 out of the 18 victims of the Saurya Airlines crash have been returned to their families. A total of 18 people died when a aircraft crashed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on July 24. Nineteen people, including two crew members, were on the Pokhara-bound flight with registration number 9 , which took off from Kathmandu at 11:11 a.m.