The his armed forces Nepal announced today that located the place where a plane with 22 passengers crashed, including two citizens of Germany, which disappeared from radar and was ignored since yesterday Sunday.
«Search and rescue teams (…) located the crash site“Army spokesman Narayan Silwal said via Twitter, uploading a photo showing the number on the tail of the Tara Air twin-engine aircraft.”
The small aircraft was performing flight from the tourist town of Pokhara about 200 kilometers northwest of the capital, towards Jomsom.
«The Tara Air passenger aircraft is being ignoredSaid the Xinhua news agency Siva Prasad Rijal, a high-ranking official in the area of Pokhara, the capital of Gandaki province. «It carried 19 passengers and three crew members».
The aircraft took off from Pokhara Airport at 09.55 am. local time and was expected in Jomsom at 10.20 a.m. However, minutes after takeoff, air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircrafthe said.
An airline executive told Reuters that at The plane was carrying four Indians and two other foreign nationalswhose nationality has not yet been made known.
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