A Nepalese aircraft carrying 22 passengers, including three crew members, has lost contact with the ground support on Sunday (May 29, 2022) morning, airport authorities have confirmed.
The missing aircraft was hosting four Indian and three Japanese nationals. The remaining were Nepali citizens and crew members, a tweet of ANI said.
The twin-engine aircraft – Tara Air's 9 NAET – flew from Pokhara to Jomsom at 9:55 am on Sunday morning and lost contact.
"The aircraft was seen over the sky of Jomsom in Mustang district and then had diverted to Mt Dhaulagiri after which it hadn't come into contact," Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma told ANI.
Home Ministry has deployed two private helicopters from Mustang and Pokhara for the search for missing aircraft.
Nepal Army chopper is also being prepared to be deployed for the search, said Phadindra Mani Pokharel, spokesperson at Home Ministry.
