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[ad_1] The promise that Oshin Ale Magar, a flight attendant who studied in India and died in a plane crash in Nepal, would return from Pokhara after work so that she could celebrate the Maghe Sankranti holiday with her family was what drove her to leave her home on Sunday. Oshin, 24, was one of 69 individuals who died on Sunday after Yeti Airlines' 9N-ANC ATR-72 plane crashed on the bank of the Seti River in the resort city of Pokhara in central Nepal. The plane had 72 people on board, including five Indians. When they learned of the plane tragedy, her family was preparing for the celebration at home. Her father, Mohan Ale Magar, a retired Indian Army soldier, recalls telling her not to report to work on a special day early in the morning. On that day, she insisted on celebrating the festival after finishing two flights, Mohan told Republica newspaper over the phone. Also read:  'No first aid kit’: IndiGo passenger shares painful experience of getting injured ...

[ad_1] The Nepal Army reported on Monday that no survivors of Sunday's plane crash in the tourist destination of Pokhara had been found. According to Krishna Prasad Bhandari, the spokesperson for the Nepal Army, " We haven`t rescued anyone alive from the crash site." While making a landing at the recently opened airfield in Pokhara, Nepal, a Yeti Airlines passenger plane crashed into a river gorge. On board, 72 individuals, including five Indians, are thought to be dead. With dawn, the search and rescue effort is expected to get back up.  Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has called an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers following Sunday`s aircraft crash in Pokhara. Dahal has directed the country`s home ministry, security personnel, and all government agencies to carry out immediate rescue and relief operations. Also read:  SCARY VISUALS: Indian youth records final moments of Nepal Plane Crash on Facebook Live; Watch A twin-engine t...