Six more Laos plane crash victims’ bodies found from river
22 Oct 2013 5:05 AM IST
Search teams have pulled six more bodies of air crash victims from the Mekong River in Laos, the national carrier said on Sunday, taking the number of corpses recovered to 38.
In the nation’s worst-known air disaster, all passengers and crew on the Lao Airlines turboprop ATR-72 died after the plane plunged into the river in bad weather on Wednesday near Pakse airport in Champasak province.
More than half of the 49 passengers and crew were foreigners from some 10 countries.
Search teams from neighbouring Thailand have been scouring the river for bodies along with experts from the airline and the French-Italian aircraft maker. But they have been hampered by strong currents which have swept some bodies several kilometres away from the crash site.
‘Now the total found bodies are 38,’ Sengpraseuth Mathouchan, the airline’s vice-president, said in a statement today, after six more bodies were found overnight.
‘Lao forensic teams and experts from Thailand are continuing to identify’ the bodies, he said, adding ‘our thoughts and prayers are with the families affected by this terrible tragedy.’
In the nation’s worst-known air disaster, all passengers and crew on the Lao Airlines turboprop ATR-72 died after the plane plunged into the river in bad weather on Wednesday near Pakse airport in Champasak province.
More than half of the 49 passengers and crew were foreigners from some 10 countries.
Search teams from neighbouring Thailand have been scouring the river for bodies along with experts from the airline and the French-Italian aircraft maker. But they have been hampered by strong currents which have swept some bodies several kilometres away from the crash site.
‘Now the total found bodies are 38,’ Sengpraseuth Mathouchan, the airline’s vice-president, said in a statement today, after six more bodies were found overnight.
‘Lao forensic teams and experts from Thailand are continuing to identify’ the bodies, he said, adding ‘our thoughts and prayers are with the families affected by this terrible tragedy.’
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