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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]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Air_Flight_193
AmapshowingthelocationsofPokhara
Airport(PKR),JomsonAirport(JMO)
andDana,thelocationwherethecrash
sitewasfound.
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Country
Nepal
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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
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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
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