After finding three bodies near wreckage Friday, Nepalese rescuers and officials are saying it’s highly unlikely there are any survivors in the crash of a U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation.

The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers.

“The wreckage of the helicopter was found in pieces and there are no chances of any survivors,” Nepal’s Defense Secretary Iswori Poudyal said.

There is no information as of yet regarding the identities of the remains, according to officials.

The wrecked helicopter — the UH-1 “Huey” — was also identified by a separate team sent by the U.S. Marines.

“The assessment of the site is ongoing and a thorough investigation will be conducted,” a statement from the Marine-led joint task force said.

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The wreckage was found about 24 kilometers (15 miles) from the town of Charikot, near where the aircraft had gone missing on Tuesday while delivering humanitarian aid to villages hit by two deadly earthquakes, according to the U.S. military joint task force in Okinawa, Japan.

The area is near Gothali village in the district of Dolakha, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu.

The discovery of the wreckage, first spotted by Nepalese ground troops and two army helicopters Friday, followed days of intense search involving U.S. and Nepalese aircraft and even U.S. satellites.

The U.S. relief mission was deployed soon after a magnitude-7.8 quake hit April 25, killing more than 8,200 people. It was followed by another magnitude-7.3 quake on Tuesday that killed 117 people and injured 2,800.

The helicopter had been delivering rice and tarps in Charikot, the area worst hit by Tuesday’s quake. It had dropped off supplies in one location and was en route to a second site when contact was lost.