Nepal Says Missing Plane With 22 On Board Crashed (PHOTO)
Date
5/30/2022 1:36:06 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Nepal's army said on Monday it had located the crash site of a
plane that went missing with 22 people on board during cloudy
weather on Sunday, Trend reports citing Reuters .
'Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane
crash site,' army spokesperson Narayan Silwal said on Twitter,
posting a picture of the wreckage with the plane's tail number
clearly visible and parts of the aircraft shown scattered on the
edge of a mountain.
Four Indians, two Germans and 16 Nepalis were on board the
plane, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter operated by
privately owned Tara Air, according to the airline and government
officials.
The aircraft was on a 20-minute flight before losing contact
with the control tower.
It had taken off from the tourist town of Pokhara, 125
kilometres (80 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, and was bound
for Jomsom, about 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Pokhara, a popular
tourist and pilgrimage site.
Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 said the aircraft, with
registration number 9N-AET, made its first flight in April
1979.
Deo Chandra Lal Karna, a spokesperson for the Civil Aviation
Authority of Nepal (CAAN), said five helicopters were ready to help
with the rescue process.
Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains,
including Everest, has a record of air accidents. Its weather can
change suddenly and airstrips are typically located in mountainous
areas that are hard to reach.
In early 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines flight from Dhaka to
Kathmandu crashed on landing and caught fire, killing 51 of the 71
people on board.
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