Plane crash victim relatives in Nepal are becoming impatient as they wait for authorities to conduct autopsies and give them their loved ones’ bodies for burial or cremation.
According to Madan Kumar Jaiswal, a heartbroken relative, nobody is listening to them after waiting outside Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine in the capital Kathmandu for days.
Madan says post-mortem should be done quickly so that families can receive the bodies of their loved ones.
Many bodies were badly burnt when a Yeti Airline flight with 72 people on board plummeted into the gorge on Sunday killing all the passengers while on approach to the newly opened Pokhara International Airport in the foothills of the Himalayas.
While the people on board the flight were 72, only 71 bodies have been recovered as the search continues for the last remaining body.
According to Ashok Rayamagi, the father of another victim, the government will use DNA tests to identify the bodies of the victims of the crash.
Investigations into the cause of the crash began after a team of experts from the French manufacturer of the ATR aircraft visited the crash site in Pokhara.
Relatives of Nepal Plane Crash Victims Decry Slow Autopsy
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