Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter | Two South Koreans confirmed to have been aboard in an aircraft crashed near Pokhara International Airport around 10:30 a.m. (local time) after flying from Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu on Sunday Jan 15, 2023.
The Korean Embassy in Nepal confirmed that two Koreans were on the Yeti Airlines flight that crashed in Pokhara, on Sunday, said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.
"We are still checking whether our citizens are alive," it said.
South Korean Foreign Ministry set up an overseas Koreans protection task force headed by Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon to investigate the incident, and dispatched local embassy officials to the site for responses.
"We are working to swiftly confirm whether the South Koreans were alive in close cooperation with the embassy and the government of Nepal, and will do our best in supporting families of those suffering damage by taking necessary steps," the ministry added.
There were 72 passengers in the craft include 53 Nepalese, five Indians, four Russians, one from Ireland, one Australian, one Argentinian and one French, two South Koreans and there were four crew members on the ill-fated aircraft, according to news reports
