Inquiry commission formed to probe chopper crash

November 13, 2001
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The government Tuesday  formed a seven-member inquiry commission under the chairmanship of a Deputy Attorney General to probe the helicopter crash in which Princess Prekshya died Monday. The government did not name the person heading the commission.

The commission will submit its report 45 days after beginning work. Three persons, including the pilot of the French manufactured helicopter, are still missing. Two others were seriously injured when the chopper plunged into Rara lake shortly after take-off. A search effort has been intensified.

Government has called divers from India, Bangladesh and Thailand to find the missing persons, an announcement said.