Nepal plane crash: Relatives of four Indians yet to receive dead bodies

The relatives of four Indians who died in a plane crash in Nepal are still waiting to receive the dead bodies of their family members despite spending their third day at a hospital here on SaturdayNepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed after Yeti Airlines aircraft with 72 people crashed minutes before landing in a river gorge in the resort city of Pokhara on SundayFiftythree Nepalese passengers and 15 foreign nationals including 5 Indians and four crew members were on board the aircraft when it crashed The five Indians all reportedly from Uttar Pradesh have been identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha 25 Bishal Sharma 22 Anil Kumar Rajbhar 27 Sonu Jaiswal 35 and Sanjaya JaiswalThe body of Sanjaya Jaiswal was handed over to his family on Friday and taken back homeHowever the relatives of four other Indian nationals have been waiting for three days to receive the dead bodies of their kin Sonu Jaiswals father Rajendra Prasad Jaiswal was among the relatives waiting at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to receive the bodiesOne of the relatives said they want to take back all four bodies of the Indians in a single consignment The body of Bishal Sharma was identified on Saturday the hospital sources saidThe hospital completed postmortem on 49 dead bodies on Friday Twentytwo dead bodies of Nepali nationals have been handed over to their families in PokharaWhile a total of 12 dead bodies including one of an Indian national were handed over to their family members on Friday on Saturday the hospital authorities handed over 15 more dead bodies to the relativesAccording to a doctor involved in identifying the bodies the signs provided by the family members were not sufficient to identify the dead bodies We will try to verify the fingerprints of the dead bodies on Sunday the doctor saidAlso read Black box of crashed Nepal plane recoveredThe Nepal Army said on Saturday it continued the search operation at the Seti River gorge and the surrounding areas on Saturday to find the remaining one bodyMeanwhile a team of the European Union EU team that was planning to visit Nepal to undertake an onsite evaluation of aviation safety has postponed its tripAccording to a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal CAAN the planned visit of the EUs technical team has been postponed for the time beingIn a joint statement issued on Friday DirectorGeneral of the CAAN Pradeep Adhikari and EUs Ambassador to Nepal Nona Deprez said that the scheduled visit of the onsite evaluation team to Nepal has been put offGiven the current context related to the terrible accident and in mutual agreement the EU and CAAN have reached the conclusion that it would be in our best interest to postpone a planned onsite assessment visit mandated by the EU Air Safety committee for the time being the statement saidThe primary focus for CAAN at this time is on dealing with the aftermath of the accident The European Union will continue to assist CAAN in its efforts to improve the aviation safety situation in Nepal it saidEarlier in October last year a team of the EU undertook a study on the aviation safety of Nepal and concluded that notable progress had been made in the countrys air safety The team had returned with a decision to send another team to carry out an onsite evaluation of the aviation safety of NepalThe EU has listed Nepal on the air safety list since 2013This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever