Nepal struggling to identify plane crash victims THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU, Nepal - A Nepalese doctor says the identification of the badly charred bodies of 14 foreign tourists who died in a plane crash near Mount Everest has been delayed by a shortage of experts and lack of equipment. Three German medical and forensic experts arrived Thursday and another team was expected later Friday, said Dr. Tulsi Kadel, a Nepalese doctor at Tribhuwan University Teaching Hospital in Katmandu, where the bodies are being kept. Of the 19 people on board the Yeti Airlines plane, only the pilot survived Wednesday's crash. Among those killed were 12 Germans, two Australians and four Nepalese. Three Nepalese victims have been identified and handed over to relatives. DNA samples will have to be collected from the others...
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