WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The father of the pilot flying a helicopter that went down in Nepal says U.S. Marine officials have notified the family that the wreckage was found but they haven’t confirmed the identities of any bodies.

Ronald Norgren of Wichita said Friday that “it doesn’t look good.”

His 31-year-old son, Capt. Chris Norgren, was flying a helicopter that disappeared Tuesday while delivering disaster aid to earthquake victims. The helicopter was carrying six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers.

Nepalese rescuers on Friday found three bodies near the helicopter’s wreckage. Officials said it was unlikely anyone survived the crash.

Norgren says his son loved helping people and he loved to fly. He said his son was doing everything that he loved and lived life to the fullest.

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BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press
NIRMALA GEORGE, Associated Press

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s Defense Secretary Iswori Poudyal says army rescuers have found 3  bodies at the site where the wreckage of the U.S. Marine helicopter was found. Poudyal gave no other details on Friday.

Capt. Chris Norgren, 31, Wichita, was flying the U.S. Marine helicopter delivering disaster aid to earthquake victims.

Norgren’s father Richard said Wednesday his son was flying the U.S. Marine helicopter that disappeared Tuesday.

He says Marine Corps officials came to the family’s house in Wichita to inform him and his wife that their son was missing.

Six Marines and two Nepalese army soldiers were on board.