Tara Air Crash: Postmortem of 10 bodies completed at TU Teaching Hospital

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Kathmandu, June 1. The postmortem examinations of those killed in the Tara Air tragedy have started at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj.

According to the hospital administration, the examination of 10 bodies has been completed. 

The hospital management will hand over the bodies to the bereaved relatives once all 22 bodies have been examined.

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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