Nepalese rescuers found a 22nd body, the last they were looking for after the plane crashed in the Himalayas, authorities said on Tuesday.
All the corpses have now been foundCivil Aviation Authority spokesman Deo Chandra Lal Karn told AFP. We will continue to identify the corpses.
Tara Air’s twin-engine Twin Otter flew on Sunday morning from the city of Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, 200 km west of the capital Kathmandu, before losing radio contact.
He was on his way to Jomsom, a popular place for trekkers in the Himalayas, a 20 -minute flight from Pokhara.
The remains were found the next day, scattered along the side of the mountain at an altitude of 4420 meters, along with the bodies of 21 of the 22 passengers.
Ten of the 22 remains were brought to Kathmandu on Monday. Bad weather prevented the continuation of the operation.
Nearly 60 people were involved in the search – soldiers, police, mountain guides and local residents – and had to climb miles to reach the crash site. Many camped on the site.
The causes of the accident remain to be determined. A spokesman for Pokhara airport Dev Raj Subedi, on Monday assured that the device had not burned into the sky.
In addition to 16 Nepalese, including three crew members, the aircraft was carrying two Germans aged fifty and four Indians. The latter was a separated couple and their children aged 15 and 22, on a family trip.
According to the Aviation Safety Network website, the aircraft was manufactured by Canadian company De Havilland and first flew more than 40 years ago in 1979.
Tara Air is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines, a private domestic airline that serves many remote areas of Nepal.
Nepalese civil aviation has emerged in recent years, bringing tourists, pedestrians and mountaineers, as well as goods, to remote areas and difficult to reach by road.
Nepal, however, has a dismal flight safety record, due to inadequate pilot training and maintenance.
The European Union has banned access to its airspace on all Nepalese airlines for security.
The country also has some of the most dangerous airstrips in the world, located on snow-covered peaks.
In March 2018, a plane owned by Bangladeshi company US-Bangla Airlines crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 51 people.
The deadliest accident began in 1992: 167 people died aboard a Pakistan International Airlines flight near Kathmandu airport.
Two months earlier, a Thai Airways plane crashed in the same spot, killing 113 people.
Source: Radio-Canada
