Tara Air Viking 9N-AHH Twin Otter was on an 18-minute flight when it lost contact with the control tower, the Associated Press reported.
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As per the official sources, a small plane operated by Tara airlines carrying 21 people on board has gone missing on Wednesday.
The aircraft having a place with Tara Airlines disappeared at 8:10 am, about 15 minutes subsequent to taking off from Pokhara airplane terminal, nearly 200 km’s northwest from Kathmandu, to Jomsom in Mustang area boarding China.
Bishowraj Khadka, police chief of Myagdi district, said locals informed them about huge flames in Rupse area and said they were headed to it, the report added.
The passenger manifest has two foreigners among the passengers, one Chinese and one Kuwaiti national, and the plane was piloted by Capt Roshan Manandhar a veteran flier who was just six months short of retirement.
The aircraft was carrying 20 passengers including two foreigners.
Nepal, which is still reeling from a devastating quake last April, has suffered a number of air disasters in recent years, dealing a blow to its tourist industry. In 2013, the European Union banned all Nepalese airlines from flying there, according to BBC.
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EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said at the time that the country’s safety record “does not leave us any other choice”.
