![]() DHC-6 9N-ABM of Tara Airlines, similar to the one that crashed | |
Accident | |
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Date | February 24, 2016 |
Summary | Crashed |
Site | Dana, Myagdi district |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 built by Viking Air |
Operator | Tara Air |
Registration | 9N-AHH |
Flight origin | Pokhara |
Destination | Jomsom |
Passengers | 20 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 23 (all) |
A map showing the locations of Pokhara Airport (PKR), Jomson Airport (JMO) and Dana, the location where the crash site was found.
Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight that crashed on 24 February 2016, while flying from Pokhara Airport in Pokhara, Nepal, to Jomsom Airport in Jomsom. The aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registration 9N-AHH went missing with 21 people on board.[1][2][3]
The crash site was found near Dana village, Myagdi district with all on board killed.[4]
Aircraft
The aircraft was previously registered with Viking Air with the tailcode C-GUVT, and was built in 2012.[5] It was later transferred to Tara Air and re-registered as 9N-AHH.
Passengers
There were 21 passengers on board. Nineteen were from Nepal, one from Hong Kong, and one from Kuwait.[6]
Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
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Nepal | 18 | 3 | 21 |
Hong Kong (China) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 20 | 3 | 23 |
References
- ^ "Missing Tara Air plane with 23 onboard could have crashed in Myagdi's Rupse". The Kathmandu Post. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (24 February 2016). "Accident: Tara DHC6 near Pokhara on Feb 24th 2016, aircraft missing enroute". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Plane crash feared in Nepal as flight carrying 21 goes missing in mountains". The Guardian. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Missing Nepal Tara Air passenger plane 'found crashed in jungle' amid fears no one survived". 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Aircraft Registration Database Lookup". Airframes.org. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nepal small passenger plane wreckage found". BBC News. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.