KATHMANDU: The missing plane of Tara Air has been found crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang district, Nepal Army (NA) has said. Posting a twitter message, NA said the missing Tara Air plane has been spotted crashed at Sanosware in Thasang-2, Mustang district this morning.
Nepal Army had resumed search operation for the missing Tara Air aircraft from early morning today. The search for Tara’s plane began shortly after it lost contact on Sunday morning. But the plane could not be found.
On Sunday, a search was conducted for the missing plane by a Nepal Army helicopter but in vain. Due to the inclement weather, the search operation had to be postponed till Sunday morning.
The 9N-AET-DHC-6 twin-engine aircraft of Tara Air, which flew from Pokhara to Jomsom at 9:55 am yesterday, went missing after it lost contact. It takes 20 minutes to reach Jomsom from Pokhara. But within 12 minutes of taking off, the aircraft lost contact.
According to Tara Air, the missing aircraft last came in contact with Jomsom Tower at 10:07 am on Sunday at Ghodepani and then lost contact. There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians, 13 Nepalis, and three crew members in the ill-fated plane.
Locals at Sanosware Bhir in Kowang of Mustang have said that the bodies of those who died in the Tara Air plane crash are difficult to be identified. A team including local Indrasingh Sherchan has reached the spot. According to Sherchan, the aircraft is badly damaged and the bodies are difficult to be identified.
“It is difficult to identify bodies. Bodies have been badly mangled, some have no hands and some are without heads, “he said.” The situation here is heartrending.” However, the bodies are so mangled that one’s identity has been determined so far, he said.
The missing plane of Tara Air has been found crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang district, Nepal Army (NA) has said in a Twitter message this morning. Nepal Army had resumed search operation for the missing Tara Air aircraft in the early morning today.
The 9N-AET-DHC-6 twin-engine aircraft of Tara Air, which flew from Pokhara to Jomsom at 9:55 am yesterday, went missing after it lost contact. There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians, 13 Nepalis, and three crew members in the ill-fated plane.
Preparations are underway to bring the bodies of the passengers and crew who died in the Tara Air plane crash. A plane flying from Pokhara to Jomsom had crashed on Sunday morning. Rescue teams are yet to reach the spot to retrieve the bodies of the deceased passengers and crew from Sanosware near Kowang in Thasang of the Mustang district.
General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Prem Nath Thakur said that the body would be brought to the TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj as soon as they are brought to Kathmandu. “The weather is still inclement. The rescue team is yet to reach the spot to collect the body. The bodies will be brought by Army MI-17 helicopter,” said Thakur.
Similarly, preparations are underway to form a committee to investigate the accident. The plane crashed at Sanosware near Kowang in Thasang-2 of Mustang district. The twin-engine of Tara Air’s plane went out of contact while taking off from Pokhara at 9:55 am on Sunday.
The aircraft was flying to Jomsom from Pokhara Airport with 19 passengers and three crew members. Four of the passengers were women. The crew members were Prabhakar Ghimire (pilot), Utsav Thapa (co-pilot), and Air Hostess Kismi Thapa.
