The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET airplane operated by Tara Air had shed contact minutes after it removed from the vacationer city of Pokhara around 10 get on Sunday.

The Nepal Army has “literally located” the accident website of the plane that went missing out on with 22 on board, consisting of 4 Indians, on Sunday. The accident site has actually been located in Sanosware, Thasang-2 in Mustang area, Army Speaker Brigadier General Narayan Silwal tweeted today along with the photo of the wreck with the airplane’s tail number clearly visible.

The destiny of 22 individuals, including 4 participants of an Indian household, remains unclear.


The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET aircraft run by Tara Air had lost call mins after it removed from the visitor city of Pokhara around 10 am on Sunday.

The Canadian-built airplane was flying from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom, a popular traveler community in main Nepal.

“The airplane was seen over the sky of Jomsom in Mustang and after that had drawn away to Mt. Dhaulagiri after which it hadn’t enter into call,” Chief Area Policeman Netra Prasad Sharma confirmed to ANI over the phone.

The airline provided the checklist of travelers which identified 4 Indians as Ashok Kumar Tripathy, his spouse Vaibhavi Bandekar (Tripathy) as well as their children Dhanush and also Ritika. The household was based in Thane city near Mumbai.

The elder sister of Vaibhavi Tripathi has asked for officials not to inform her mom as her health and wellness problem is “essential”, an official claimed.

The Nepal Home Ministry has released 2 private helicopters from Mustang and also Pokhara for the look for missing aircraft. Patrol as well as browse units from protection pressures, and also groups of citizens are additionally on-foot in the Dhaulagiri area, The Himalayan Times paper reported.

Mustang (from the Tibetan Muntan implying “productive level”) the typical region is mostly completely dry and also arid. The globe’s deepest canyon that decreases three miles vertically between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna hills runs through this district.

Nepal, residence to eight of the world’s 14 highest possible mountains, consisting of Everest, has a document of air crashes.

In 2016, all 23 people aboard were killed when an aircraft of the very same airline flying the exact same path collapsed after departure.

In March 2018, a US-Bangla Air accident took place at the Tribhuvan International Airport, eliminating 51 people aboard.

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Last Updated: 30 May 2022