KATHMANDU, May 31: All the bodies of 22 people who were aboard the ill-fated Tara Air plane that crashed in Sanusare, Thasang Rural Municipality-2 of Mustang on Sunday have been recovered. A total of 10 bodies were brought to Kathmandu on Monday evening from Pokhara by the Nepal Army.
According to Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma of Mustang, the bodies of all the passengers who died in the crash have been recovered. The bodies of 10 people have already been sent to Kathmandu on Monday while the rest of the bodies have been shifted to Kobang from the crash site and are in the course of being airlifted to Kathmandu.
Similarly, the black box has also been recovered from the crash site, said CDO Sharma. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the remains and the black box are in the course of being transported to Kathmandu.
The Tara Air plane was found in a crashed state on Monday morning, 19 hours after it went missing.
Due to the geographical remoteness and adverse weather conditions, the search and the recovery mission were delayed. The plane was found scattered at an altitude of 4,200 meters, a four-hour uphill hike from the center of Thasang Village Municipality.
Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police, Sherpas and locals reached the crash site on Monday and collected the bodies of those who lost their lives in the accident.
Bishal Gharti, a resident of Badigad Rural Municipality-7 of Baglung, who had gone to pick up Yarchagumba at around 7 am on Monday, had spotted the plane wreckage and informed the police. He had sent a photo and video of the scene to the police after seeing the wreckage of the plane.