- Nepalese Army spokesman Narayan Silwal reported on social media that troops had found the crash site, at Sanosware, Thasang-2 in Mustang district.
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| Missing passenger plane found in Nepal with 22 people on board, May 30, 2022. / NA Spokesman Twitter |
The Nepalese authorities have found this Monday in the Sanosware Thasang-2 area in the Mustang district, Gandaki province, the remains of the Tara Air company plane with 22 people on board that disappeared around 07:45 on Sunday, local time. Spanish peninsular.
The device, a Twin Otter model with 19 passengers and three crew members on board, operated the flight from Pokhara - a popular tourist center about 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu - to Jomsom, disappeared a few minutes after takeoff, according to authorities. in a statement collected by the newspaper 'The Himalayan'.
Nepalese Army spokesman Narayan Silwal reported on social media that troops had found the crash site, at Sanosware, Thasang-2 in Mustang district.
The passengers include six foreigners, four Indians, and two Germans, according to the flight manifest.
The Pokhara-Jomsom air route is considered one of the most accident-prone routes, even with Nepal's dangerous record in air safety. At least 74 people have died on the road in five plane crashes since 1997, according to the 'Nepali Times'.