Kathmandu, July 24: Minister for Health and Population, Pradeep Paudel, has extended grief over the Saurya Airlines plane crash, killing 18 people on board.
Reaching the Tribhuvan University
Teaching Hospital today, Minister Paudel took stock about the postmortem
situation, Minister Paudel paid heartfelt tribute to those killed in the plane
crash.
He urged the hospital
administration to facilitate the activities of handing over the bodies of those
killed in crash to their family members after postmortem.
"The hospital has said that
all the bodies whose identities have been established will be handed over to
their families by tomorrow evening. So, ease the environment accordingly",
mentioned Minister Paudel.
He also extended condolences
towards the bereaved family members.
The incident took place when the
plane with call sign 9N-AME skidded off the runway and fell into a ditch while
taking off for Pokhara from Tribhuvan International Airport on Wednesday
morning. (RSS)