On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, Pakistan’s police revealed that Divers find the bodies of those killed in the accident.accidentA passenger boat carrying school children capsizes in the Tanda Dam reservoir lake in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, northwest of Myanmar.PakistanThen 51 bodies, of which 49 were schoolchildren, two were teachers and ship captains.
Police spokesman Fazal Naeem released the latest death toll after the search operation ended. ready to provide information that This ship is carrying more passengers than its capacity. In fact, the boat at the scene can only carry 20-25 people, he said during the operation. There were 4 students received help and 1 teacher.
Officials previously revealed that The boat was carrying male students aged between seven and 14 from an Islamic school in Kohat. Went for a picnic and took a cruise on Tanda Lake before it capsized last Sunday.
Khatir Ahmad, a senior officer with Pakistan’s 1122 Rescue Squad, said: The water in the lake was frozen due to the cold these days. Affecting search and rescue missions, but today (Jan. 31), divers were able to dive deeper and retrieve the remaining bodies.
Muhammad Umar, a tea trader at a picnic near the crash site, described the tragic atmosphere on the coast. In which many parents and relatives have gathered in the past few days. They would lunge at the diver to see if it was their son. And every time we could hear screams of pain and anger.”
