The rescue team recovered 21 items on Monday dead body from the wreckage site Tara Air plane crashed in NepalOfficials said 22 people, including four Indians, were on board the hilly Mustang district on Sunday, minutes after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara.
However, according to the passenger list released by the airline on Monday, all 22 people on board have been confirmed dead.
“I am saddened to hear that all passengers aboard Tara Air have died,” Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba tweeted on Monday afternoon expressing condolences to the families of the deceased.
Turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane He had gone missing on Sunday morning from the mountainous area of Nepal. The Canadian-made plane was flying from Pokhara to the popular tourist town of Jomsom in central Nepal, carrying four Indian, two German and 13 Nepalese passengers besides a three-member Nepalese crew.
Rescuers have recovered 21 bodies from here crash The site, said in a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
One person is still missing, the statement said.
It said that 10 bodies were brought to Kathmandu, while 11 bodies were taken to the base camp from where the rescue operation is underway.
Tara Air spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said search and rescue teams were scouring the area for the remaining person.
President Vidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have condoled the loss of crew and passengers in the plane crash.
The government has constituted a five-member inquiry commission headed by senior aeronautical engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman to find out the causes of the Tara Air plane crash.
CAA Director General Pradeep Adhikari said during a meeting of the International Committee of Parliament on Monday that the preliminary investigation showed that the plane crashed in the mountains after taking a right turn instead of turning left due to bad weather.
Earlier in the afternoon, CAAN said in a statement that the plane had crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang district at an altitude of 14,500 feet.
Inda Singh, who was on her way to clear a blocked road, found that the plane had crashed. He said the plane was found in a completely damaged condition, My Republica newspaper reported.
“All the passengers on board have been found dead,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. “The bodies are intact and the faces of all the victims are recognizable.”
He said the plane did not catch fire. The plane could have crashed after hitting a rock nearby.
search and rescue team Nepal ArmyAir Dynasty, Kailash Helicopters and Fishtail Air Helicopters and other rescue workers were deployed at the crash site. Fishtail Air’s 9N-AJR helicopter was the first to land at the crash site and confirmed it at 8:10 am today, according to CAAN.
The four Indians in the airline’s passenger list have been identified as Ashok Kumar Tripathi, his wife Vaibhavi Bandekar (Tripathi) and their children Dhanush and Ritika. The family was based in Thane city near Mumbai.
The families of Indian victims were waiting in Kathmandu for the identification of the bodies.
The Nepal army said that the pieces of the plane’s wreckage were found about 20 hours after the plane went missing.
Nepal Army spokesman Brigadier General Narayan Silwal tweeted in the morning that the search and rescue team has physically located the plane crash site.
“Crash site: Sanosware, Thasang-2, Mustang,” he tweeted along with a photo of the plane’s wreckage.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft took off from Pokhara at 9:55 am and lost contact with air control around 12 minutes later at 10:07 am.
Tara Air spokesperson Bartaula said the bodies were scattered within a radius of 100 meters from the main impact point.
Bartaula said that the plane broke into pieces and hit the mountain.
“The impact has blown bodies all over the hill,” he said.
In the picture posted on the social media site, the tail and one wing of the plane are intact.
The search operation was called off on Sunday due to bad weather and bad light.
Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Everest, has a record of air crashes.
In 2016, all 23 people aboard were killed when a plane of the same airline flying the same route crashed after takeoff.
In March 2018, a US-Bangla air crash occurred at Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 51 people.
In September 2012, a Sita Air flight crashed while making an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 19 people.
A Pokhara to Jomsom plane crashed near Jomsom airport on 14 May 2012, killing 15 people.
According to the airline website, Tara Air is the newest and largest airline service provider in the Nepalese mountains. It started its business in 2009 with a mission to help develop rural Nepal.
However, according to the passenger list released by the airline on Monday, all 22 people on board have been confirmed dead.
“I am saddened to hear that all passengers aboard Tara Air have died,” Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba tweeted on Monday afternoon expressing condolences to the families of the deceased.
Turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane He had gone missing on Sunday morning from the mountainous area of Nepal. The Canadian-made plane was flying from Pokhara to the popular tourist town of Jomsom in central Nepal, carrying four Indian, two German and 13 Nepalese passengers besides a three-member Nepalese crew.
Rescuers have recovered 21 bodies from here crash The site, said in a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
One person is still missing, the statement said.
It said that 10 bodies were brought to Kathmandu, while 11 bodies were taken to the base camp from where the rescue operation is underway.
Tara Air spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said search and rescue teams were scouring the area for the remaining person.
President Vidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba have condoled the loss of crew and passengers in the plane crash.
The government has constituted a five-member inquiry commission headed by senior aeronautical engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman to find out the causes of the Tara Air plane crash.
CAA Director General Pradeep Adhikari said during a meeting of the International Committee of Parliament on Monday that the preliminary investigation showed that the plane crashed in the mountains after taking a right turn instead of turning left due to bad weather.
Earlier in the afternoon, CAAN said in a statement that the plane had crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang district at an altitude of 14,500 feet.
Inda Singh, who was on her way to clear a blocked road, found that the plane had crashed. He said the plane was found in a completely damaged condition, My Republica newspaper reported.
“All the passengers on board have been found dead,” the newspaper quoted him as saying. “The bodies are intact and the faces of all the victims are recognizable.”
He said the plane did not catch fire. The plane could have crashed after hitting a rock nearby.
search and rescue team Nepal ArmyAir Dynasty, Kailash Helicopters and Fishtail Air Helicopters and other rescue workers were deployed at the crash site. Fishtail Air’s 9N-AJR helicopter was the first to land at the crash site and confirmed it at 8:10 am today, according to CAAN.
The four Indians in the airline’s passenger list have been identified as Ashok Kumar Tripathi, his wife Vaibhavi Bandekar (Tripathi) and their children Dhanush and Ritika. The family was based in Thane city near Mumbai.
The families of Indian victims were waiting in Kathmandu for the identification of the bodies.
The Nepal army said that the pieces of the plane’s wreckage were found about 20 hours after the plane went missing.
Nepal Army spokesman Brigadier General Narayan Silwal tweeted in the morning that the search and rescue team has physically located the plane crash site.
“Crash site: Sanosware, Thasang-2, Mustang,” he tweeted along with a photo of the plane’s wreckage.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft took off from Pokhara at 9:55 am and lost contact with air control around 12 minutes later at 10:07 am.
Tara Air spokesperson Bartaula said the bodies were scattered within a radius of 100 meters from the main impact point.
Bartaula said that the plane broke into pieces and hit the mountain.
“The impact has blown bodies all over the hill,” he said.
In the picture posted on the social media site, the tail and one wing of the plane are intact.
The search operation was called off on Sunday due to bad weather and bad light.
Nepal, home to eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, including Everest, has a record of air crashes.
In 2016, all 23 people aboard were killed when a plane of the same airline flying the same route crashed after takeoff.
In March 2018, a US-Bangla air crash occurred at Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 51 people.
In September 2012, a Sita Air flight crashed while making an emergency landing at Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 19 people.
A Pokhara to Jomsom plane crashed near Jomsom airport on 14 May 2012, killing 15 people.
According to the airline website, Tara Air is the newest and largest airline service provider in the Nepalese mountains. It started its business in 2009 with a mission to help develop rural Nepal.