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The Nepal Army, which had been sent to find the missing Tara Air plane with 22 people on board, discovered the plane’s crash site in Mustang district on Monday.
The crashed twin-otter plane was discovered in Sanosware, Thasang-2, near the Jomsom Airport in Mustang, according to Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier General Narayan Silwal, who posted pictures of the site on Twitter.
The Army called off the search and rescue mission on Sunday after bad weather hampered it, and it resumed early Monday morning.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the plane was carrying 19 passengers — four Indians, 13 Nepalis, two Germans — and three crew members on its way from Pokhara to Jomsom.
The plane lost contact with airport authorities 12 minutes after taking off at 9.55 a.m.
According to Tara Air, the missing plane made contact with the Jomsom Tower at 10.07 a.m. on Sunday at Ghodepani before disappearing.
