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Tara Air Flight 197[3] was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Tara Air for parent company Yeti Airlines from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal. On 29 May 2022, the Twin Otter aircraft carrying 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew members) departed at 09:55 NPT (04:10 UTC) and lost contact with air traffic controllers about 12 minutes later at 10:07 (04:22).[4][5][6][7] The wreckage was located 20 hours later on a mountainside. All 22 passengers and crew were killed, and all 22 bodies were recovered.[8] This was Tara Air's second deadly accident on this route, after Flight 193 in 2016.[9]

Tara Air Flight 197
9N-AET, the aircraft involved in the accident, two months before the crash
Accident
Date29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)
SummaryCrashed into terrain, under investigation
SiteThasang-2, Mustang District, Nepal[1]
Aircraft
Aircraft typede Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
OperatorTara Air operated for Yeti Airlines
IATA flight No.TB197 (codeshare YT1199)
ICAO flight No.TRA197 (codeshare NYT1199)
Registration9N-AET
Flight originPokhara Airport, Nepal
DestinationJomsom Airport, Nepal
Occupants22
Passengers19
Crew3
Fatalities22[2]
Survivors0

Accident


The aircraft took off from Pokhara at 9:55 am local time and was scheduled to land at Jomsom Airport 10:15 am. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), it lost contact with air traffic controllers at 10:07 am, above Ghorepani, Myagdi District.[5][10]


Aircraft


The aircraft involved in the accident in August 2009 at Simara Airport while still in service with parent company Yeti Airlines.
The aircraft involved in the accident in August 2009 at Simara Airport while still in service with parent company Yeti Airlines.

According to Flightradar24, the plane was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter registered under the number 9N-AET. It made its maiden flight in April 1979.[11][12]


Victims


The flight was carrying 22 occupants, and the 19 passengers consisted of 13 Nepalis, four Indians and two Germans. There were two pilots and a flight attendant among the 13 Nepalis on the flight. NDTV stated that the four Indian passengers were members of the same family from Mumbai.[13]

NationalityPassengersCrewTotal
   Nepal13316
 India404
 Germany202
Total19322[14]

Emergency response


Search efforts were initially hampered by poor weather conditions. The CAAN said that a search helicopter from Jomsom had to make a return trip due to the weather.[11] Search efforts were also conducted by Kailash Air, but failed to locate the aircraft.[5] The phone location of the captain was tracked by search and rescue personnel with the assistance of Nepal Telecom. A spokesperson from Yeti Airlines said that the tracking data indicated the phone's last location was around the vicinity of Lete, a village in the Mustang District.[15] The CAAN said that an emergency locator transmitter narrowed the possible last known location to around the Khaibang area.[5]

Locals from Lete informed police of an "unusual sound" near the village. A police officer said that the police would send a helicopter to the area.[16] Air traffic controllers at Jomsom Airport also reported hearing a loud noise at around the time of the disappearance.[17]

Five[clarification needed] hours after it was reported missing, the wreckage of the plane was found near Kowang,[15] a village in the Mustang District. Residents reported seeing the burning aircraft at the foot of Mount Manapathi, near the mouth of a river. An official of the Nepali Army said that personnel were traveling to the crash site.[16] Search and rescue efforts were called off later that day due to snowfall at the suspected crash site.[18] A Nepali Army brigadier general tweeted that the "loss of daylight and adverse weather" led to search and rescue being called off. Search and rescue was expected to resume the following morning.[19]

On 30 May, about 20[clarification needed] hours after it was reported missing, the wreckage of the aircraft was located by local farmers in Sanosware, Thasang Rural Municipality in the Mustang District.[20] It was discovered at an altitude of 14,500 ft (4,400 m). No survivors among the flight's 22 occupants were found. According to Tara Air, 14 bodies were recovered from within a 100-metre (330 ft) radius of the crash site.[21] The flight recorder ("black box") was recovered.[8] A photograph of the crash site showed intact portions of the tail and a wing.[21]


Reactions


The Indian embassy in Nepal tweeted about the disappearance shortly after it was reported: "Tara Air flight 9NAET that took off from Pokhara at 9:55 am today with 22 people onboard, including 4 Indians, has gone missing." Search and rescue operations were at that moment ongoing. The embassy was in contact with their families.[22]


Cause


Initial findings have suggested bad weather was to blame for the crash.[23]


References


  1. @ThiraLalBhusal (30 May 2022). "Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has now confirmed that the #TaraAir twin otter 9N-AET plane that was missing since yesterday evening had crashed at Thasang-2 in Mustang district at the height of 14,500 feet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "Nepal Tara Air Plane Crash LIVE Updates: No survivors found at Tara Air plane crash site". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  3. "Twin Otter in Nepal im Himalaya abgestürzt". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. "Search for missing Tara Air plane to resume today after bad weather, poor light affects operations". The Kathmandu Post. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022. The aircraft took off at 9:55am and lost contact with air control about 12 minutes later at 10:07am, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
  5. "Bad weather hampers search for missing Tara Air plane". The Kathmandu Post. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. "Nepal: Plane goes missing with 22 people on board, officials say". Sky News. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  7. Hradecky, Simon (29 May 2022). "Crash: Tara DHC6 near Jomsom on May 29th 2022, aircraft found collided with mountain". avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  8. "Nepal plane crash: Officials recover black box from wreckage". BBC News. 31 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. "Last body recovered Tara Air plane crash site: Nepal Army". Press Trust of India. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022 – via The Indian Express.
  10. "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति -३" [Press Release-3]. Tribhuvan International Airport. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  11. "Tara Air plane with 22 people on board missing in Nepal". Channel News Asia. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  12. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 9N-AET Lete Pass". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  13. "Four Of Mumbai Family Among 22 People Onboard Plane That Crashed In Nepal". NDTV. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. "Tare Air releases names of crash victims". Nepal News. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  15. HT News Desk (29 May 2022). "Last phone location of pilot of missing Nepal plane traced in Mustang's Lete area: Report". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  16. HT News Desk (29 May 2022). "Missing Nepal plane with 22 onboard found in Mustang, search teams head to site: Report". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  17. Arun Nair, ed. (29 May 2022). "Nepal Plane With 22 On Board, Including 4 Indians, Crashes Near River". NDTV. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  18. "Search and rescue op for missing Nepal plane called off for day due to snowfall: Official". Hindustan Times. 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  19. "Bad weather forces Nepal Army to halt search for missing Tara Air plane". The Kathmandu Post. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  20. Arun Nair, ed. (30 May 2022). "Wreckage Of Nepal Plane That Crashed With 22 On Board Found". NDTV. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  21. Prasain, Sangam (30 May 2022). "Missing Tara Air plane found crashed, 14 bodies recovered". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  22. HT News Desk (29 May 2022). "India on 4 aboard missing Nepal plane: Search ops on, in touch with families". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  23. "Bad weather caused Nepal's Tara Air plane crash, suggests initial probe". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

На других языках

[de] Tara-Air-Flug 197

Tara-Air-Flug 197 war ein planmäßiger Inlandsflug der nepalesischen Fluggesellschaft Tara Air von Pokhara nach Jomsom, auf dem am 29. Mai 2022 eine de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter in der Nähe von Kowang mit dem Berg Manapathi kollidierte. Alle 22 Personen an Bord kamen dabei ums Leben.
- [en] Tara Air Flight 197

[fr] Vol Yeti Airlines 1199

Le vol Yeti Airlines 1199 est un vol intérieur régulier opéré par Tara Air (filiale de Yeti Airlines) de l'aéroport de Pokhara à l'aéroport de Jomsom au Népal. Le 29 mai 2022, l'avion Twin Otter transportant 22 personnes, (19 passagers et 3 membres d'équipage), a perdu le contact avec les contrôleurs aériens à 10 h 7 heure locale[1],[2]. L'avion s'est écrasé dans le district de Mustang mais le statut de ses occupants est resté inconnu[3].

[ru] Катастрофа DHC-6 в Мустанге

Катастрофа DHC-6 в Мустанге — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая 29 мая 2022 года. Самолёт DHC-6-300 авиакомпании Tara Air (эксплуатировался в интересах Yeti Airlines) выполнял плановый внутренний рейс TRA197[1] (NYT1199) по маршруту Покхара—Джомсом, но в 10:07[2] по местному времени пропал с экранов радаров и перестал выходить на связь с авиадиспетчерами[3][4]. На борту находилось в общей сложности 22 человека (19 пассажиров и 3 члена экипажа)[5], все они погибли[6].


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