Co-pilot Shreejan Manandhar, who was undergoing treatment at Pasang Lhamu-Nicole Niquille Hospital in Lukla, was declared dead at 9:30 on Saturday night, the Hospital sources confirmed.
Injured flight attendant Pragya Manandhar has been airlifted to Grande International Hospital in Kathmandu this morning via Manang Air helicopter.
Captain Paras Rai was already pronounced dead at the hospital yesterday.
The dead bodies of the pilots have also been airlifted to Kathmandu this morning.
The bodies could not be brought to Kathmandu on Saturday as a chopper sent to rescue them could not land in Lukla due to bad weather.
On duty air traffic controller Ujjwal Tiwari said the plane’s nose hit a mound of earth near the runway as it was preparing to land at 2:05pm. “The plane with call sign 9N-AKY slammed into the mound, fell 100 metres and broke into three pieces,” he said.
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