19 BODIES RECOVERED. DEAD MAY BE BHUTANESE NOT NEPALIS (DEVELOPING STORY)

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 16 Dec.: Bodies of 19 passengers and crew have been recovered from the crash site at Okhaldunga, reports from the area said.
The bodies are in recognizable, a report said.
Therewere 22 passengers and crew members onboard the crashed Tara Air Twin Otter.
Passengers onboard may have been Bhutanese pilgrims not Nepalis, reports published in The Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post sad Thursday morning.
There’s confusion over the identity of the passengers who were on board the missing plane. It is learnt that of the 19 passengers, 18 were Bhutanese, who were issued tickets by a Kathmandu-based travel agent on fake Nepali names and that Bhutanese prime minister called his Nepali counterpart Madhav Nepal to ascertain the veracity of the claim. Nepal assured him that the matter was being inquired into, The Himalayan Times reports.
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