Nepal plane horror: black box recovered; handed over to Army

Kathmandu: The black box of the crashed Nepali passenger aircraft, owned by Yeti Airlines, has been recovered, IANS reported citing a top official's account on Monday.

The black box, which has records of 'Flight Radar Record' and 'Cockpit View Record', was recovered on Monday morning, the spokesperson for the Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Premnath Thakur said.

Finding the black box might shed light on the cause of the crash, which killed all of those who were inside the plane.

The spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, Jagannath Niraula, said that the black box had been handed over to the Nepali Army. It will be brought to Kathmandu on Monday and submitted to the Incident Investigation Commission, which was formed by the government on Sunday, the authority informed.

The crashed flight had taken off from Kathmandu to Pokhara at 10:30 am on Sunday morning, and it lost contact with air traffic control at 10:50 am.

According to the agency, there were 68 passengers and four crew members aboard the flight, among them 15 foreigners, including five Indians, four Russians, two Koreans and one each from Australia, Ireland, Argentina and France.

A total of 68 bodies out of the 72 were recovered as of Monday morning, while the rest four bodies, mainly of minors, are yet to be found, according to District Police Office. Five were found on Monday, according to the Kaski Police. Only 35 of the recovered bodies have been identified so far.