10 more bodies brought to Kobang

May 31, Myagdi: Ten more dead bodies of Tara plane crash victims have been brought to Kobang from Sanosare of Thasang Rural Municipality-2 of Mustang district this morning.

The dead bodies collected at the base of Manapathi peak were ferried by a helicopter belonging to Kailash Air. Deputy Superintendent of Police in Mustang, Ram Kumar Dani, shared that efforts were on to retrieve a body hung on a cliff and search for another one gone missing.

“Ten bodies of the dead ones were taken to Kathmandu by Nepal Army helicopter on Monday. These collected ones would also be sent to Kathmandu today itself,” he informed.

The 9-NIT aeroplane of Tara Air was found crashed after 19 hours of its loss from the air route. The plane with 19 passengers and three crew members on board had left Pokhara for Jomsom, Mustang at 9:55 am Sunday.

The dead bodies of the passengers and their belongings were strewn on a cliff at the height of 4,200 meters. It was challenging for the rescuers to negotiate the difficult geography which met further hostility with fog, rain and snow on Sunday. It takes four hours to trek to reach the accident site from Kobang, the centre of Thasang Rural Municipality.

Some 100 Nepal Army persons and Armed Police, Nepal Police and locals had reached the accident site for the rescue. However, a group of 14 trained NA and Police persons stayed at Sanosera in a tent.

A local who visited the accident site, Indra Singh Serchan, said it seemed that the plane hit the mountain and got asunder. The wreckage was found in the gorge and dead bodies scattered in the hills, he added.