Eight bodies recovered from wreckage of U.S. helicopter in Nepal

A UH-1Y Huey helicopter flies into the Tribhuvan International Airport after a search and rescue operation in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13, 2015. REUTERS/Thor J. Larson/U.S. Marine Corps/Handout

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The bodies of eight soldiers have been recovered from the wreckage of a U.S. military helicopter lost on an earthquake relief mission in Nepal high on a mountainside, Nepali officials said on Saturday.

The remains would soon be transferred to Kathmandu, Jagadish Pokharel, a spokesman for the Nepali army said.