Crash site of Nepal aircraft with found, At least 14 dead
The army says it recovered the broken remains of an aircraft carrying 22 passengers that went missing in Nepal on Monday. There were no reports of any survivors at this time.
At around 20-minute journey, the Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter was unable to communicate with the airport tower because it was flying over an area of steep river gorges and mountaintops.
After taking off from Pokhara, a tourist destination 125 miles west of Kathmandu, the plane crashed in Mustang province near the mountain town of Jomsom, according to the army.
In an overhead view of the accident scene, the army uploaded it on Twitter, pieces of the plane were seen scattered across the slope.
There were no other details supplied.
Because of terrible weather and darkness Sunday night, the hunt for the jet was put on hold until Monday.
After departing Pokhara at 9:55 a.m., the 43-year-old plane was last seen transmitting at 10:07 a.m. (12:22 a.m. ET) at an altitude of 12,825 feet, according to tracking data from flightradar24.
