Rescue operation of plane crash in photos

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 31: Bodies of all the 22 people who were killed in the Tara Air plane crash have been recovered from the crash site at Sanusare in Thasang Rural Municipality-2 in the Mustang district.

The ill-fated aircraft with call sign 9N AET had flown to Jomsom from Pokhara on Sunday morning. There were 22 persons including 3 crew members on board.

Following the information about the plane gone missing, security forces were mobilised for the search and rescue operation.

The wreckage of the plane was found on Monday Morning, 19 hours after it went missing.

The black box of the plane has also been retrieved, and the bodies of all 22 persons have been brought to Kathmandu for post mortem. The security personnel have also returned from the crash site, according to the Nepali Army.

The search and rescue operation took time because the plane had crashed at an altitude of 4,200 meters in a rocky mountainous slope where it was cloudy and raining. The bodies were strewn in the rocky slopes which also created difficulty to collect the bodies. The accident site lies at a four-hour-long uphill walk distance.

Nepali army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the locals as well as Sherpas worked together in the rescue operation.

Bishal Gharti of Badigad Rural Municipality-7 in Baglung district had first spotted the accident site and informed the police. Gharti was there for colleting Yarsagumba.

Here we preset some of the photos of the rescue operation conducted by the Nepali Army.