Search and rescue troops locate Nepal plane crash site
The Nepal Army on Monday located the site where a Nepalese private airlines plane crashed on Sunday.
“Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site. Details will be followed,” the Nepal Army Spokesperson said in a tweet.
Tara Air’s 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft with 22 people on board, including four Indians, was found crashed in Kowang village of the Mustang district hours after it went missing in the mountainous district on Sunday morning.
Earlier today, Nepal Army said, “Rescue effort to search plane of Tara Air was resumed.”
On Sunday, all the helicopters deployed for the search of the crashed aircraft were called off after the snowfall in Mustang district.
“Due to the snowfall at the possible air crash site, the search and rescue operation has been called off for today. All the helicopters deployed for search and rescue operations have been called back to bases,” Premnath Thakur, General Manager of Tribhuvan International Airport said.
According to the information given by the locals to the Nepal Army, the Tara Air plane crashed at the mouth of the Lamche river under the landslide of Manapathi Himal. Army spokesperson Narayan Silwal said that the Nepal Army was moving towards the site from the ground and air route.