Passenger turboprop aircraft crashed in mountainous Western Nepal on Wednesday. BBC
reports all 23 passengers are dead and among them three crew members
and two infants.
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| Earlier February 2014 another plane crash near the capital of Nepal Kathmandu killing all 18 passengers. The fatal accident happened in bad weather when small aircraft lost balance and crashed into snow covered-mountains and burst into flames. |
Three helicopters were sent to search for the missing plane, Tara Air said on its website. As soon as the rescue team reached the area, spotted the wreckage’s plane at Tirkhe Dunga approximately 3 miles north west of Dana VDC Myadgi district the carrier said on its announcement
The twin Otter aircraft operated by Tara Air was travelling from Pokhara to Jomson and lost contact with the Air Tower Control shortly after taking off. The weather at both origin and destination airports was favourable
Tara
Air Bhim Rai spokesman said it is not clear what caused the crash.
Regarding the nationalities of the passenger on board, spokesman of
the airline reported after, that were 21 Nepali 1 Chinese and 1
Kuwaiti.
Later CCN reports that 19 bodies of
those on board were found charred and beyond recognition on
Wednesday.
Tara
Air said on its website that upgraded their fleet to brand new Dash
(DHS-6/400)series aircraft. The crash plane was brand new as was
manufactured on August 2013. Also describe itself as “the newest
and biggest airline”.
The European Union previous year banned all Napelese Airlines from flying to Europe because of poor safety record.
