Victims of Tara air tragedy cremated after postmortem examination
Kathmandu, June 2. The TU teaching hospital has handed over all dead bodies of Tara Air Tragedy to the bereaved families.
22 bodies were taken to the maharajganj-based autopsy facility on Monday. It took two days for the experts to perform the postmortem examination of all bodies.
The remains of 16 Nepalis and 4 Indians were cremated in Kathmandu’s Swayambhu and Pashupati Gath on Thursday.
The bodies of the two German tourists are being returned to their homeland.
Tara Air Tragedy
A turboprop Twin Otter (callsign: 9N-AET) flight of Tara Air scheduled to fly from Pokhara to Jomsom went missing on Sunday. The plane was carrying 22 passengers, which included 16 Nepalis, 4 Indians, and 2 German.
The flight took off at 9:55 am and went contactless at 10:11 am. Search operations were started immediately but were halted due to bad weather.
On Monday morning, a group of local Yarsagumba pickers spotted the wreckage of the missing Tara Air flight at Patake Lake in Thasang Rural Municipality. All bodies were brought to Kathmandu by a Nepali Army helicopter.
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