Tara Air plane crash: 10 bodies brought to Kathmandu (With photos)
The bodies of 10 persons, who lost their lives in Tara Air plane crash, have been brought to Kathmandu via Pokhara from Kowang Village in Thasang-2 of Mustang.
A Nepali Army chopper brought the bodies to Kathmandu at 6:30 pm today.
The bodies will be taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) from the Tribhuvan International Airport.
The aircraft, which took off for Jomsom from Pokhara at 9: 55 am on Sunday, lost contact with the air traffic control office at 10: 10 am.
The plane was found crashed at Sanosware in Mustang district of Nepal on Monday.
There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians and 13 Nepali nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft when the incident occurred. No one survived the incident.
According to the Civil Aviation Office, Pokhara, the deceased have been identified as Indian nationals Vaibhavi Bandekar, Ashok Kumar Tripathy, Dhanush Tripathy and Ritika Tripathy, Nepali nationals Indra Bahadur Gole, Purushottam Gole, Raj Kumar Gole, Basanta Lama, Ganesh Narayan Shrestha, Rabina Shrestha, Rashmi Shrestha, Rojina Shrestha, Prakash Sunuwar, Makar Bahadur Tamang, Ram Maya Tamang, Suku Maya Tamang and Tulusa Devi Tamang.
The identities of the German nationals, however, are yet to be ascertained.
Government forms five-member commission to probe Tara Air plane crash
The government has formed a five-member commission to probe the Tara Air plane crash at Sanosware in Mustang district of Nepal that claimed the lives of 22 people including three crew members.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on Monday formed the Commission under the headship of senior Aeronautical Engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman.
Captain Dipu Jwarchan, Senior Maintenance Engineer Upendra Lal Shrestha, Senior Meteorologist Mani Ratna Shakya and Joint Secretary at the Ministry Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane are the other members of the commission.
The plane with call sign 9N-AET, which went missing over Mustang sky on Sunday, was found crashed on Monday morning. The wreckage of the aircraft was found scattered at Sanosware in Mustang district this morning.
There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians and 13 Nepali nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft when the incident occurred.
The plane had taken off for Jomson from Pokhara at 9: 55 am yesterday.
According to the Civil Aviation Office, Pokhara, the deceased have been identified as Indian nationals Vaibhavi Bandekar, Ashok Kumar Tripathy, Dhanush Tripathy and Ritika Tripathy, Nepali nationals Indra Bahadur Gole, Purushottam Gole, Raj Kumar Gole, Basanta Lama, Ganesh Narayan Shrestha, Rabina Shrestha, Rashmi Shrestha, Rojina Shrestha, Prakash Sunuwar, Makar Bahadur Tamang, Ram Maya Tamang, Suku Maya Tamang and Tulusa Devi Tamang.
The identities of the German nationals, however, are yet to be ascertained.
Nepal plane crash: All 19 passengers, crew dead, officials confirm
All the 22 people including three crew members died when an aircraft of Tara Air crashed at Sanosware in Mustang district of Nepal, police said.
A team of Nepal Army and Nepal police personnel, who reached the incident site, are collecting the bodies.
Local Sumit Gauchan of Thasang Rural Municipality-3, who is at the incident site, said that no one was found alive.
“Twelve bodies have been found so far. Security personnel with the help of locals are searching for others,” he said.
The plane with call sign 9N-AET, which went missing over Mustang sky on Sunday, was found crashed on Monday morning. The wreckage of the aircraft was found scattered at Sanosware in Mustang district this morning.
There were 22 people including two German nationals, four Indians and 13 Nepali nationals on board the ill-fated aircraft when the incident occurred.
The plane had taken off for Jomson from Pokhara at 9: 55 am yesterday.
According to the Civil Aviation Office, Pokhara, the deceased have been identified as Indian nationals Vaibhavi Bandekar, Ashok Kumar Tripathy, Dhanush Tripathy and Ritika Tripathy, Nepali nationals Indra Bahadur Gole, Purushottam Gole, Raj Kumar Gole, Basanta Lama, Ganesh Narayan Shrestha, Rabina Shrestha, Rashmi Shrestha, Rojina Shrestha, Prakash Sunuwar, Makar Bahadur Tamang, Ram Maya Tamang, Suku Maya Tamang and Tulusa Devi Tamang.
The identities of the German nationals, however, are yet to be ascertained.
A team of nine persons, who had gone to pluck yarsagumba, and a team of local youths led by Sumit Gauchan found the aircraft today.
4 killed in Udayapur truck accident
Four persons died in a truck accident at Bhadaure in Katari Municipality-14 of Udayapur district on Monday.
The truck (Na 2 Kha 8297) carrying the cement of Miksu Solu Hydropower was heading towards Solukhumbu from Hetauda of Makwanpur when the incident occurred at around 2:30 am today.
According to Inspector Mohan Thapa of the District Police Office, Udayaour,driver Sujit Ghalan (35) of Simara-1, Bara, assistant driver Nitesh Khadka (25), Anuj Lama (17), Rajan Tamang (35) died in the spot.
According to a preliminary investigation of the police, the incident occurred after the driver fell asleep.
Police said that they are looking into the case.
