Plane Missing With 22 People in Nepal Mountain
Recently a sad news has viral that a plane is missing in Nepal. Many people doesn’t know about that clearly. So we will talk about that what happened there.
Plane Missing With 22 People in Nepal Mountain
KATHMANDU —
A small airplane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route was missing in Nepal’s mountains on Sunday, 29 May 2022 an official said.
The Tara Airlines plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the mountain town of Jomsom, took off from the resort town of Pokhara, 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu.
What is the condition of searching the missing plane?
It lost contact with the airport tower shortly after takeoff. After that the airport couldn’t contact with the plane.
Police officer Ramesh Thapa said there was no information on the turboprop Twin Otter aircraft and a search was underway.
Who are in the missing plane?
There were six foreigners on board the plane, including four Indians and two Germans, a police official, who was not authorized to speak to the media, said on condition of anonymity.
It has been raining in the area for the past few days but flights have been operating normally. Planes on that route fly between mountains before landing in a valley.
It is a popular route with foreign hikers who trek on the mountain trails and also with Indian and Nepalese pilgrims who visit the revered Muktinath temple.
According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the 43-year-old aircraft took off from Pokhara at 04:10 GMT and transmitted its last signal at 04:22 GMT at an altitude of 3,900 meters.
What happened in that Nepal airport last time?
In 2016, a Tara Airlines Twin Otter flying the same route crashed after takeoff, killing all 23 people aboard. In 2012, an Agni Air plane also flying from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed, killing 15 people. Six people survived.
In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane flying from Pokhara to Jumla crashed, killing all 18 on board.
In 2018, a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people aboard.
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