An Irish passport holder who was on board an airplane which crashed in Nepal has been named locally as Ruan Callum Crighton.
On Monday, rescue workers in Nepal resumed their search for missing passengers after the plane crashed on Sunday. The Government said it is aware of reports an Irish citizen was a passenger on the Yeti Airlines jet, with officials on standby to provide consular help.
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said: “We are aware of reports of the involvement of an Irish citizen in an airplane crash in Nepal and stand ready to provide consular assistance if requested.”
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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.
According to Nepal's aviation authority, 53 of the passengers and all four crew members were Nepali. There were 15 foreign nationals on board, five were Indian, four were Russian and two were Korean, and the rest were individual citizens of Australia, Argentina, France and Ireland.
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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