MAY 16, 2015
KATHMANDU, NEPAL (AP)
Nepal’s army says that bodies of all
eight people on board the U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared this week
during a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation have been
recovered.
Saturday’s press statement says Nepali and U.S. military
personnel are at the crash site in the mountains northeast of capital
Kathmandu.
The wreckage was first spotted by Nepalese troops and army
helicopters Friday.
The discovery followed days of intense search involving
U.S. and Nepalese aircraft and U.S. satellites. The aircraft went missing while
delivering aid on Tuesday.
The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese
army soldiers.
A separate team sent by the U.S. Marines said they identified
the wreckage as the missing helicopter, the UH-1 “Huey” but so far have not
identified the bodies.