The corpses of 21 of the 22 passengers on board plane crashed yesterday Sunday (29/5) on the slope of a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal have been identified by the authorities.
“There is very little chance of survivors,” said Deo Chandra Lal Carna, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority. Nepal.
«Twenty-one corpses found “Narayan Silwol, a spokesman for the Nepalese army, told AFP the day after the Tara Air twin-twin accident.
«Ten bodies have been retrieved and we are trying to transport them to Kathmandu. “The rescue teams are working to reach the others”, he clarified as broadcast by the Athenian News Agency.
The Civil Aviation Authority also announced today that “The plane suffered an accident at 4,420 metersin the Sanosuar area of Tasang rural municipality in the Mustang area “but without giving details about the causes of the accident.
“Analyzing the images we received, it seems that the flight did not catch fire. Everything was scattered on the spot. The aircraft “It seems to have hit a large rock on the hill,” said Deva Raj Subendi, a spokesman for Pahara Airport.
About 60 people are working at the site, including military, police, mountain guides and residents who have traveled most of the miles on foot to get there.
In addition to the three crew members, the airplane carried 19 passengers: two were Germans, four Indians and sixteen Nepalese.
The four Indians were a couple, their daughter and son, aged 15 and 22, Indian police official Utam Sonawane told AFP.
The wreckage is at an altitude of about 3,800 – 4,000 meters
According to Pradip Gausshan, a local civil servant, the wreckage is at an altitude of about 3,800-4,000 meters.
The Tara Air twin-engine Twin Otter took off from Pohara (northwestern Nepal) at 09:55 (07:10 Greek time), the country’s second largest city, 200 km west of the capital Kathmandu, before losing contact. via radio frequencies.
It was destined for Jomsom, an area popular with travelers in the Himalayas, on a 20. Flight from Pohara.
A photo posted by Narayan Silwal, a representative of the Nepalese army on Twitter, shows the wreckage of the plane scattered on the slope of a mountain.
The registration number 9N-AET is clearly visible on what appears to be a part of the wing.
According to the Aviation Safety Network website, the plane was built by the Canadian company De Havilland and made its first flight in 1979.
Rescue operations resumed this morning after they stopped when it fell overnight last Sunday.
Tara Air is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines, a privately owned domestic airline serving many remote areas of Nepal.
Nepalese civil aviation has grown significantly in recent years, transporting tourists, hikers and climbers, as well as cargo to remote and hard-to-reach areas.
Nepal, a poor Himalayan country, has a poor track record in aviation security due to inadequate pilot training and maintenance.
The European Union has banned all Nepalese airlines from accessing its airspace for security reasons.
The country also has some of the most dangerous runways in the world, located in the middle of snow-capped peaks.
In March 2018, a plane of the Bangladeshi company US-Bangla Airlines crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 51 people.
The deadliest accident occurred in 1992: 167 people were killed on a Pakistan International Airlines flight near Kathmandu airport.
Two months earlier, a Thai Airways plane had crashed in the same area, killing 113 people.
Source: News Beast
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