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Bad weather is causing difficulties in collecting the bodies of those killed in the Tara Air plane crash at Dana VDC-2 in Myagdi of western Nepal, officials said.Two helicopters that reached the crash site to help in the rescue operation were yet to land as a result of adverse weather conditions. Two choppers, one belonging to Nepal Airlines and the other to Air Dynasty, had been dispatched for the search of missing plane after it lost contact with the air traffic control tower in Pokhara.
Constable Phul Kumar Thapa from Dana Police Post, who first reported about the crash, reached the incident site along with other four locals right after the incident, Deputy Superintendent of Police Bishworaj Khadka said.A police team, including DSP Khadka, set off for the rescue from the district headquarters Beni, reached Kavre forest at Dana VDC-2, which is one-hour walk away from the incident site.Although the bodies of the victims are yet to be identified, Rewati Baral and Muktinath Banstola of Kaski, Binita Bhattachan of Mustang, Krishna Lal Bhattachan, Dil Kumari Gauchan, Devi Jung Gurung, Fenjok Gurung, Laxmi Hirachan and Kanchha Pariyar were among the 21 people on board, according to Kashinath Poudel, Chief Administrator at the Civil Aviation Authority’s Pokhara Office.
Similarly, Moti Bahadur KC, Pabitra KC, Lepsang Lama, Bal Krishna Niure, Dolma Tshering Sherpa, Rajkumari Tamang, Kamala Thakali, Chinese national Mak (passport no K036359770) and Kuwaiti national Ralrashed AA Ahamad were also travelling in the same aircraft. The name of the two minors is yet to be ascertained.
Constable Thapa said that the bodies were ripped apart in pieces scattered all around, while the wreckage was burning. There is no condition to identify the bodies, he added.
A team of Nepal Army (NA) stationed in Mustang is also on the way to the site.The army personnel flew up to Ghansa in Lete VDC in Mustang and were walking to the spot where the plane crashed.
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