Nepal Plane Crash: Last Rites Of 22 Victims Performed In Kathmandu On June 2

Kathmandu: The last rites of the 22 people who were killed in a plane crash in Nepal’s Mustang district were conducted in the country’s capital, Kathmandu, on June 2. The bodies of four Indian citizens, who were among the victims, were cremated in the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu.

A twin-engine aircraft belonging to a Nepalese airline, Tara Air, crashed on May 29 with 22 people onboard. The Canadian built plane flying from the city of Pokhara to the popular tourist town, Jomsom, in central Nepal, was carrying four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers, besides a three-member Nepali crew .