Nepal finds the wreckage of the missing passenger plane

The wreckage of the Twin Otter plane that crashed in Nepal screenshot ani news

Reuters news agency on May 30 reported the army Nepali located the crash site of a passenger plane that had lost contact with air traffic control the day before.

“Search and rescue soldiers have located the plane,” Nepal’s army spokesman Narayan Silwal said on Twitter, with a photo of the wreckage with the tail number clearly visible.

The plane of Tara Air (Nepal) went missing on May 29, after taking off from the city travel Pokhara to Jomsom 80 km away, carrying 22 passengers.

The flight was expected to last 20 minutes and the plane lost contact 10 minutes before landing. The fate of the passengers and crew is unknown.

ANI News reported that the missing plane was the Twin Otter Made in Canada, with model number 9N-AET.

Flights from Pokhara to Jomsom fly over the mountains before landing in a valley. It is a popular area for expats who enjoy hiking in the mountains and is also the place where Indian and Nepali pilgrims visit the sacred Muktinath temple.

Relatives of victims wait in Pokhara on May 29 afp

Sheet The Indian Express The plane was carrying 13 Nepalese, four Indian, three Japanese, two German and three Nepali crew members, said Tara Air spokesman Sudarshan Bartaula. It is not clear what caused the plane to crash.

According to the data aviation safety, Nepal recorded 27 fatal plane crashes in the past 30 years, of which 20 occurred in the last 10 years. The mountainous terrain, lack of investment in aircraft, new infrastructure and lack of regulation are believed to be the main causes.

Model Twin Otter aircraft made in Canada afp

The runways are located in mountainous areas where weather prone to sudden changes. In 2013, the European Union banned airlines in Nepal from flying into its airspace due to safety concerns. In March 2022, the newspaper Kathmandu Post reported that the Nepalese government’s lack of action has prevented the EU from removing the blacklist.