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TaraAirFlight193
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TaraAirFlight193

TaraAirFlight193(TA193)wasascheduleddomestic
passengerflightthatcrashedon24February2016,while
flyingfromPokharaAirportinPokhara,Nepal,to
JomsomAirportinJomsom.Theaircraft,adeHavilland
CanadaDHC6TwinOtterregistration9NAHH,went
missingwith23peopleonboard.[1][2][3]Thecrashsite
wasfoundnearDanavillage,Myagdidistrict,withallon
boardkilled.[4]

Contents
1 Aircraft
2 Passengers
3 Crash
4 Rescueandrecoveryefforts
5 Investigation
6 References

Aircraft

DHC69NABMofTaraAirlines,similartothe
onethatcrashed
Accidentsummary
Date

February24,2016

Summary

Crashed

Site

Dana,Myagdidistrict

Passengers

20

Crew

Fatalities

23(all)

Survivors

Aircrafttype

deHavillandCanadaDHC6Twin
OtterSeries400builtbyViking
Air

Operator

TaraAir

Registration

9NAHH

Flightorigin

Pokhara

Destination

Jomsom

Theaircraftwaspreviouslyregistered(in2015)with
VikingAirwiththetailcodeCGUVT,andwasbuiltin2012.[5]
ItwaslaterdeliveredtoNepal(inSeptember2015)transferredto
TaraAirandreregisteredas9NAHH(inOctober2015).[6]The
aircrafthadamanufacturer'sserialnumber(MSN)of926.[7]

JIB

Dana
PKR

Passengers
Therewere20passengersonboard.18werefromNepal,one
fromHongKong,andonefromKuwait.[8]Twoofthepassengers
werechildren.[9]
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AmapshowingthelocationsofPokhara
Airport(PKR),JomsonAirport(JMO)
andDana,thelocationwherethecrash
sitewasfound.

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Country
Nepal

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Passengers Crew Total


3

21

HongKong 1

Kuwait

20

23

Total

18

Crash
TheaircrafttookoffromPokahraat7:50AMlocaltime.Thenormalflightdurationoftherouteisonly18
minutes.ItlostcontactwiththecontroltoweratPokhara10minutesaftertakeoff,[8]andwasfoundcrashed
atTirkheDhunga,DanaVDCofMyagdidistrictat1:25PMbyapoliceteamdeployedfromDanaPolice
Post.[9]TaraAirreportedthattheweatheratbothoriginanddestinationairportswasfavourable.

Rescueandrecoveryefforts
Helicoptersscouredtherouteforhours,butrescueeffortsweresloweddownbypoorweatherconditions.
Thewreckagewasfoundburningafterimpactingamountainside,withcharredbodiesvisibleinside.[10]
BishwaRajKhadka,thedistrictChiefofPolice,[11]statedthatpersonnelinvolvedintherescueoperations
haverecovered17bodiesfromthecrashsite.[12]

Investigation
Ahighlevelprobepanelisbeingformedtoinvestigatethecrash.[13]AviationministerAanandaPrasad
Pokhrelstatedthattheplanewasscatteredacrossanareaapproximately200metreswide.[14][15]

References
1."MissingTaraAirplanewith23onboardcouldhavecrashedinMyagdi'sRupse".TheKathmanduPost.24
February2016.Retrieved24February2016.
2.Hradecky,Simon(24February2016)."Accident:TaraDHC6nearPokharaonFeb24th2016,aircraftmissing
enroute".AviationHerald.Retrieved24February2016.
3."PlanecrashfearedinNepalasflightcarrying21goesmissinginmountains".TheGuardian.24February2016.
Retrieved24February2016.
4."MissingNepalTaraAirpassengerplane'foundcrashedinjungle'amidfearsnoonesurvived".24February
2016.
5."AircraftRegistrationDatabaseLookup".Airframes.org.Retrieved24February2016.
6.Ranter,Harro."ASNAircraftaccidentVikingAirDHC6TwinOtter4009NAHHDana,Myagdidistrict".
aviationsafety.net.Retrieved20160224.
7."20160224TaraAirTwinOttercrashedinMyagdiDistrict,NepalJACDEC".Retrieved20160224.
8."Nepalsmallpassengerplanewreckagefound".BBCNews.24February2016.Retrieved24February2016.
9."23confirmeddeadinMyagdiplanecrashTheHimalayanTimes".TheHimalayanTimes.Retrieved
20160224.
10."Nepalplanecrash:All23onboardkilledasTaraAirflightcrashesintoHimalayanmountain".International
BusinessTimesUK.Retrieved20160224.
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11."MissingTaraAirplanefoundcrashedinMyagdi(UPDATE)".setopati.net.Retrieved20160224.
12."All23onboardTaraAirdead,17bodiesrecovered".kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.Retrieved20160224.
13."Crash:TaraDHC6nearPokharaonFeb24th2016,aircraftimpactedterrain".avherald.com.Retrieved
20160224.
14."ChancesoffindingTaraAirpassengersaliveslim:NepalArmy".kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.Retrieved
20160224.
15."MissingNepalTaraAirpassengerplane'foundcrashedinjungle' ".TheIndependent.Retrieved20160224.

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