British aid worker mistakenly identified as a survivor of Nepal-Tibet disaster

More than 1,000 people confirmed dead and more than 4,000, including 36 British nationals, remain missing A British aid worker was mistakenly identified by Nepalese authorities as a rescued survivor after returning to Kathmandu on a humanitarian aid flight. Alastair Chambers, a 45-year-old former Gloucester councillor, said he flew to Nepal last week to distribute sleeping bags, food and essentials to communities cut off by collapsed bridges. After spending several days in a village near the Trishuli river in central Nepal, Chambers returned by helicopter to the capital, where he was greeted by police officers asking for his details. “I gave them my details, just abiding by the rules, and they obviously thought that I’d been rescued,” Chambers told the Press Association. Chambers appeared on a list of 119 names released by local authorities on Tuesday. Those rescued included 118 Nepali nationals – 44 women and 74 men.

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