KATHMANDU, May 31: The mortal remains of 22 people who were killed in the Sunday’s Tara Air crash at Thasang rural municipality-2 in Mustang have been brought to Kathmandu.
According to Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) General Manager Prem Nath Thakur, the bodies of ten persons were brought on Monday evening and the dead bodies of the remaining 12 were dropped at TIA today by a Nepal Army helicopter. All the bodies have been sent to the TU Teaching Hospital for post-mortem examinations. The bodies will be handed to their respective families after the post-mortem.
Postmortem of bodies of plane crash victims begins
A five-member committee to probe the plane crash was formed on Monday as per the directive of Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prem Bahadur Ale. The committee headed by senior aeronautical engineer Ratish Chandra Lal Suman includes Captain Dipu Jwarchan, Senior Maintenance Engineer Upendra Lal Shrestha, Senior Meteorologist Mani Ratna Shakya and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane as members.
The wreckage of the flight 9n-AET was found on Monday on a cliff beneath the Manapathi Peak. The plane en route to Jomsom, Mustang from Pokhara Airport had left for its destination at 9:55 am on Sunday and had its last contact with the air traffic controller system at 10: 07 am.
A total of 22 people including three crew members were on board the plane.
(RSS)
