Earlier, the plane was instructed to hold at 14,000 feet above Simara for 45 minutes.

Captain Bibek Khadka-led team employed a long-line technique to retrieve the bodies.

Her dream came true when she reached the summit of Shishapangma at 5:30 am on Wednesday, Nepal time.

Last month, the nation’s oldest international airport halted international flights for five hours following problems with the immigration server, leaving hundreds of travellers distressed.

Six people including the pilot died when Altitude Air helicopter crashed at Mailung Pakha in Meghang Rural Municipality, Nuwakot district, on Saturday morning.

A Nepal Airlines Airbus 320 has been grounded at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu after a bird hit during landing on Thursday night.