The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter was on a 20-minute flight when it lost contact with the airport tower while flying in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops.
Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a plane that went down in a remote region of Nepal.
The wreckage of the plane carrying 22 people was found on Monday scattered on a mountainside after disappearing during a short flight. "The search for others is continuing," said Tek Raj Sitaula, a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport inThe Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter was on a 20-minute flight when it lost contact with the airport tower while flying in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops just before its scheduled landing.The search for the plane had been suspended due to bad weather and darkness on Sunday night.
The army said the plane crashed in Sanosware in Mustang district close to the mountain town of Jomsom, where it was heading after taking off from the resort town of Pokhara,125 miles west of Kathmandu.An aerial photo of the crash site posted on Twitter by an army spokesman showed parts of the aircraft scattered around the mountainside.
The search for the plane had been suspended due to bad weather and darkness on Sunday night, but resumed on Monday.
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