KATHMANDU – Nepal’s military, deployed to locate the missing Tara Air plane with 22 other people on board, discovered the crash site of the plane in Mustang district on Monday.
Nepal’s army spokesman, Brigadier General Narayan Silwal, posted images of the site on Twitter and said the crashed two-otter plane was discovered in Sanosware, Thasang-2, near Jomsom Airport in Mustang.
After weather hampered the search and rescue operation on Sunday, the army canceled the project and resumed it early Monday morning.
The plane, heading from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom, was carrying 19 passengers, 4 Indians, thirteen Nepalis, two Germans, and 3 team members, according to the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority.
The aircraft lost contact with the airport government within 12 minutes of takeoff at 9:55 a. m.
According to Tara Air, the fault last contacted Jomsom Tower at 10:07 a. m. Sunday in Ghodepani and then lost.