The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Irish passport holder was on board the Nepal plane crash.
The man, who was travelling on an Irish passport, has been named locally as as Ruan Callum Crighton. A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs told Dublin Live: "The Department of Foreign Affairs can confirm that an individual indicated in reports as being Irish is a UK national.
"The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is providing consular support. Our deepest sympathies go to all those who have been affected by this tragic plane crash.”
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Rescuers have so far recovered 68 bodies out of the 72 people on-board the ATR 72 aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines that crashed in the tourist city of Pokhara. Yesterday, Nepal’s aviation authority tweeted a list of the passengers who were on the ATR 73 including Mr Crighton.
Searchers have also today found both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the flight, and it is believed that the data on the recorders may help investigators determine what caused the airplane to crash in clear weather just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhara.
The aircraft had been flying from the capital Kathmandu to Pokhara International Airport, which began operations only two weeks ago. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, but an investigation into the crash has been launched.
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