No survivors, including Thane family, found in Nepal plane crash; recovery of bodies begins: Reports

No survivors have been found from the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepals mountainous Mustang district on Sunday with 22 people on board including four Indians minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara Nepalese media reported on MondayThe turboprop Twin Otter 9NAET plane belonging to Tara Air went missing on Sunday morning in the mountainous region in Nepal The Canadianbuilt plane flying from the city of Pokhara to popular tourist town Jomsom in central Nepal was carrying four Indian nationals two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers besides a threemember Nepali crewInda Singh who was on his way to clear a blocked road found out that the plane had crashed He said the plane was found in a completely damaged condition MyRepublica newspaper reportedAll the passengers on the aircraft are found dead he was quoted as saying by the paper The dead bodies are intact and the faces of all victims are recognizableSingh said that there is a problem in collecting the bodies as they are in a nearby ditchHe said there was no fire on the aircraft The aircraft could have met with an accident after hitting a cliff nearbyIn a statement Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal CAAN said 14 bodies have been found from the wreckage of the illfated plane in the countrys Mustang district on Monday It said that the plane had crashed at Thasang2 in Mustang district at the height of 14500 feetSearch and rescue teams from Nepal Army Air Dynasty Kailash Helicopter and Fistail Air Helicopter and other rescue workers have been deployed at the crash siteThe 9NAJR Helicopter of Fishtail Air was the first to land at the crash site and confirmed it at 810 am today according to the CAANThe airlines passengers list identified four Indians as Ashok Kumar Tripathy his wife Vaibhavi Bandekar Tripathy and their children Dhanush and Ritika The family was based in Thane city near MumbaiPieces of the wreckage of the aircraft were found after nearly 20 hours since the plane went missing the Nepal Army said on MondayThe search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site Details will be followed Nepal Army Spokesperson Brigadier General Narayan Silwal earlier tweetedCrash site Sanosware Thasang2 Mustang he tweeted along with a picture of what appears to be the wreckage of the aircraft Lt Mangal Shrestha a police inspector and a guide have already reached the site he saidOther rescue team members from different agencies are trying to reach the sites using small helicopters Every possible means to reach the site is being considered Brig Gen Silwal saidThe plane took off at 955 am from Pokhara and lost contact with air control about 12 minutes later at 1007am according to the Civil Aviation AuthoritySudarshan Bartaula a spokesperson of Tara Air also said that the bodies of 14 people have been foundAs the bodies have been scattered over a 100metre radius from the main impact point the search and rescue team is collecting them he told the newspaperThe plane slammed into the mountain breaking into pieces said BartaulaThe impact has blown the bodies all over the hill he saidThe photo posted on the social media site shows the tail and one wing of the aircraft remain intactThe helicopter dropped three rescuersfrom Nepal Army Nepal Police and a high altitude rescue guideearly in the morningAs the area can accommodate only one chopper at the crash site it is shuttling the rescuers said BartaulaSearch was suspended on Sunday because of bad weather and failing lightThe aircraft crashed on a hill near the source of the Lyankhu river and it was scattered to various parts the news portal said quoting local residents The aircraft crashed on the hill about 4000 metres above sea level Chief District Officer of Mustang Netra Prasad Sharma was quoted as sayingNepal home to eight of the worlds 14 highest mountains including Everest has a record of air accidentsIn 2016 all 23 people aboard were killed when a plane of the same airline flying the same route crashed after takeoffIn March 2018 a USBangla Air crash occurred at the Tribhuvan International Airport killing 51 people on boardA Sita Air flight crashed in September 2012 while making an emergency landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport killing 19 peopleA plane flying from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed near Jomsom airport on May 14 2012 killing 15 peopleTara Air is the newest and biggest airline service provider in the Nepalese mountains according to the airline website It started its business in 2009 with the mission of helping develop rural NepalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever