Nepali Army locates plane crash site

NEPAL: The Nepali Army located the Tara Airlines plane crash site in the country’s Mustang district, its Spokesperson Brigadier General Narayan Silwal said on Monday.

The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane had four Indian nationals, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a three-member Nepali crew.

Rescuers pulled out 14 bodies from the crash site of Tara Air and have been scouring the area for the remains of the others, according to rescuers.

Pieces of wreckage of the passenger plane that crashed on Sunday morning were found at 14,500ft in Sano Sware Bhir of Thasang in Mustang district in northwestern Nepal, after nearly 20 hours since the plane went missing, the Nepal Army said on Monday.

The Twin Otter aircraft of Tara Air with 22 people onboard, including three members of the crew, had slammed into a mountain.

On Sunday morning it took off from Pokhara and lost contact with air control about 12 minutes later, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.

The plane slammed into the mountain breaking into pieces, said Bartaula. The Canadian-built plane was flying from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom, a popular tourist town in central Nepal. Flights between the two cities are usually 20-25 minutes long. – THE TELEGRAPH INDIA