• A Plane with 22 passengers, including 4 Indians, is missing

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    A Plane with 22 passengers, including 4 Indians, is missing

    The Nepal home ministry has informed that they have deployed two private helicopters from Mustang and Pokhara for the search for the missing aircraft.

    Digital Desk: As per reports, Tara Air's 9 NAET
    twin-engine aircraft carrying 22 passengers, including four Indians and three
    Japanese nationals, flying from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal, lost contact with
    the airport authorities on Sunday morning. The plane lost contact at 9:55am, it
    added.

    Chief District Officer Netra Prasad
    Sharma, informed that the aircraft was seen over the sky of Jomsom in Mustang
    district and then diverted to Mount Dhaulagiri, after which it hadn't come into
    contact.

    The Nepal home ministry has informed
    that they have deployed two private helicopters from Mustang and Pokhara for
    the search for the missing aircraft.

    Spokesperson of the Nepali Army,
    Narayan Silwal stated that the Nepal Army chopper is also being prepared to be
    deployed for the search operation, "A Nepali Army Mi-17 helicopter has
    recently left for Lete, Mustang, which is the suspected crash region of the
    missing Tara Air aircraft”, he added.









    As we all know Nepal's aviation industry
    has a poor safety record, it is high time the issue is taken seriously and
    steps are taken accordingly.