Pokhara plane crash: 10 casualties from Parbat

It has been confirmed that Parbat lost 10 of its residents in the Yeti Airlines plane crash that took place in Pokhara on Sunday.

All ten have been identified and include a central member of the Federation of Nepali Journalists Tribhuvan Paudel, a resident of Kushma municipality-14, Arun Paudel,46, and his 11-year-old daughter Prashti of Kushma-9, Rachna Kafle and her 10-month-old son Rihan Paudel of Kushma-1. Similarly, Bijay Gurung of Modi Rural Municipality-1 and four members of the Sharma family including mother Jamuna Sharma and her Yubaraj Sharma and grand-children Ayurdi Sharma and Bebi Sharma of Uram in Bihadi-5 Pokhara also have been confirmed dead in the fatal air crash.

Assistant Chief District Officer of Kaski Gurudatta Dhakal shared that the bodies of all those who lost their lives from Parbat have been identified and hence the bodies will be handed over to their relatives today.

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