As tributes pour in for Sydney teacher Myron Love, who died in a plane crash in Nepal on Sunday, friends and relatives of other victims from across the globe are similarly paying respects to their loved ones, including a Nepali folk singer, a Russian travel blogger and a British ballet dancer.
Seventy-two people, including four Nepali crew members and 15 foreign passengers, died when a Yeti Airlines ART72-500 plane flying out of Kathmandu crashed on a hillside near Pokhara, a tourist city below the Annapurna Range.
Authorities have since recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders from the wreckage, and hope the data contained in them will help investigators determine why the aircraft appeared to suddenly bank to the left as it approached the Pokhara International Airport for landing.
Nepali officials have released the passenger register for the flight, although some of the identities of those believed to be on board are yet to be confirmed.
Key points:
- A Yeti Airlines plane crash in Nepal on Sunday killed 72 and left no survivors, authorities said
- Among the dead were an Australian teacher, a Nepali folk singer, a British ballet dancer and a Russian travel blogger
- Nearly 350 people have died in plane or helicopter crashes in Nepal since 2000