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Seventy two people were on board the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara

Ruan Calum Crighton was onboard the Yeti Airlines flight which crashed on Sunday with at least 68 fatalities

Ruan Calum Crighton was among the names of passengers published by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. He was initially described as Irish by Nepalese authorities but he was travelling on a UK passport

Ruan Calum Crighton was among the names of passengers published by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, where his nationality was listed as Irish

Seventy-two people were on board the Yeti Airlines flight when it plunged into a gorge near the Pokhara Airport

The man has been named as Ruan Calum Crighton by Nepal’s aviation authority.

Rescuers have so far recovered 68 bodies from the scene as well as black box data recorders

There were 72 people on board the Yeti Airlines flight, including an Irish citizen

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