Tara Air Twin-Otter plane crash: 21 dead bodies recovered, one missing

KATHMANDU, May 30: Dead bodies of 21 people who were killed in the Tara Air Twin-Otter plane crash on Sunday have been recovered so far.

The dead bodies were recovered from Sanusare cliff at Thasang rural municipality-2 of Mustang district, according to DSP Ram Kumar Dani of Mustang. 

Twenty-two people including 19 passengers and three crew members were killed in the plane crash. Body of one passenger is yet to be found. 

The plane that had taken off from Pokhara Airport at 9.55 went out of contact at 10.7 am Sunday. It was flying towards Jomsom, Mustang. 

Likewise, ten dead bodies are being airlifted by a helicopter  of the Nepal Army, according to DSP Ram Kumar Dani of Mustang.

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