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Al Jazeera
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Samik Kharel

Grim task of identifying the dead begins after Nepal plane crash

Nepalese rescue workers and civilians gather around the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal [Krishna Mani Baral/The Associated Press]

Kathmandu, Nepal – Rescue teams have recovered 68 bodies after a Yeti Airlines passenger plane crashed with 72 people on board near Pokhara, Nepal, as search efforts ended for the day.

Authorities said the grim process of identifying the dead was under way, hours after the plane went down in the Seti River Gorge as it travelled from Kathmandu to its destination Pokhara on Sunday.

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