All 23 people on board the ill-fated Tara Air twin otter that crashed in Myagdi district on Wednesday morning were killed, Tara Air said.
Security personnel involved in the rescue operation have retrieved seventeen bodies from the crash site at Tirkhedhunga of Dana VDC, DSP of Myagdi Bishwa Khadka said.
The Viking 9N-AHH Twin Otter with 20 passengers and three crew members on board vanished early in the morning en-route to Jomsom from Pokhara, Kaski district.
The plane took off from Pokhara Airport at 7:50 am and lost control with Pokhara Air Traffic Control after 10 minutes of take off when it reached the airspace of Ghorepani, Myagdi.
Captain Roshan Manandhar, during his final conversation with Pokhara Air Traffic Control, mentioned that the flight was normal, said Jasoda Subedi, Chief air traffic controller at Pokhara Airport.
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