College students attend a lamp lighting ceremony in remembrance of the victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
KATHMANDU, Jan. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A lamp lighting ceremony in remembrance of the victims of a plane crash was attended by college students in Kathmandu, Nepal Monday evening.
The plane operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines was flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara with 68 passengers and four crew members on board, when it went down into the Seti River gorge on Sunday.
Monday has been declared a national mourning day to commemorate those killed in the plane crash.
Among the passengers aboard the flight, there were three children and three infants.
A total of 69 bodies had been recovered from the crash site by Monday evening, and 41 victims had been identified.
A lamp lighting ceremony in remembrance of the victims of a plane crash is attended by college students in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
College students light lamps in remembrance of the victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site where an ATR-72 aircraft of Nepal's Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
The wreckage of an ATR-72 aircraft of Nepal's Yeti Airlines is pictured at the crash site in Pokhara, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site where an ATR-72 aircraft of Nepal's Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)■
