{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = Tara Air 134579 | image = File:9N-ABM TARA AIR DHC 6 TWIN OTTER AT POKHARA RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM JOMSON AIRPORT NEPAL FEB 2013 (8569369692).jpg | alt = Twin engine passenger aircraft on the groundh |image_size=300 | caption = A DHC-6 of Tara Airlines, similar to the crashed aircraft | date = 24 February 2016Dana, Myagdi district, Nepal | coordinates = | origin = Pokhara Airport, Pokhara | destination = Jomsom Airport, Jomsom | passengers = 204 | crew = 33 | injuries = | fatalities = 204all) | missing = | survivors = 0 | aircraft_type = [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|Viking Air DHCBoeing 787 Dreamliner ] | aircraft_name = | operator = Tara Air | tail_number = 9N-AHH }} Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 391: The second value "bghg" provided for longitude is not valid. Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight, serving the route from Pokhara Airport in Pokhara, Nepal, to Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the hubgbhgvhhbhgvyguuhhgtfdrddhgvht-mountains-pokhara-jomsom |accessdate=24 February 2016 |work=The Guardian |date=24 February 2016}}</ref> Nepal's police and army dispatched three helicopters to search for the missing aircraft; the search was hampered by bad weather. Hours later, the wreckage was found near Dana village, Myagdi district, alongside several charred bodies. There were no survivors.[1] With 23 fatalities, this was Tara Air's deadliest aircraft crash, surpassing the 2010 Okhaldhunga Twin Otter crash which killed 22 people. The crash was also the twenty-second loss of a DHC-6 in Nepal, the seventh-deadliest aircraft crash in Nepal, and the world's fourth-deadliest accident involving a DHC-6.[2][3]
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The DHC-6 Twin Otter was a Series 400 version built in 2012 by Viking Air with manufacturer's serial number 926.[4] In September 2015, it was delivered to Tara Air and registered 9N-AHH.[4][5][3]
Passengers
Of the 20 passengers on board, 18 – including 2 children[6] – were from Nepal, one was from Hong Kong, and another was from Kuwait.[7]
Flight
The aircraft took off from Pokhara at 7:50 am local time. The normal flight duration on the route is 18 minutes. The control tower officers at Pokhara lost contact with the aircraft 10 minutes after takeoff,[7] the wreckage was found at Tirkhe Dhunga, Dana VDC of Myagdi district at 1:25 pm by a police team deployed from Dana Police Post.[6] Tara Air reported that the weather at both origin and destination airports was favourable.[7]
Recovery
Helicopters were used to search the route for hours, but rescue efforts were slowed down by poor weather conditions, including dense fog and heavy rain.[8] The wreckage was found burning after impacting a mountainside, with charred bodies visible inside.[9] Bishwa Raj Khadka, the district Chief of Police,[10] stated that personnel involved in the rescue operations had recovered 17 bodies from the crash site.[11]
Investigation
A "high level probe panel" was formed to investigate the crash.[12] The wreckage of the aircraft was found "in an area of some 200 meters [660 feet]",[13] in Solighopte in Myagdi District, a part of Dhaulagiri Zone.[14][15]
See also
References
- ^ "Missing Nepal Tara Air passenger plane 'found crashed in jungle' amid fears no one survived". 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016.
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- ^ a b "Aircraft Registration Database Lookup". Airframes.org. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "2016-02-24 Tara Air Twin Otter crashed in Myagdi District, Nepal". JACDEC. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ a b "23 confirmed dead in Myagdi plane crash". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "Nepal small passenger plane wreckage found". BBC News. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Nepal plane crash: Tara Air plane goes down, 23 feared dead". CNN. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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- ^ "Missing Tara Air plane found crashed in Myagdi (UPDATE)". Setopati. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "All 23 onboard Tara Air dead, 17 bodies recovered". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
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- ^ "Wreckage of plane carrying 23 people found in Nepal". The Guardian. 24 February 2016.
- ^ "Missing Nepal Tara Air passenger plane 'found crashed in jungle'". The Independent. Retrieved 24 February 2016.