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A small plane crashed in Nepal on Wednesday in bad weather, killing all 23 people on board in the country’s second air disaster in as many years.The Twin Otter aircraft, operated by private Tara Air, was on a flight from Pokhara, 125km west of the capital of Kathmandu, to Jomsom when it lost contact with the control tower.Rescue teams in Nepal on Wednesday found the burnt-out wreckage of the plane.“It has broken into pieces,” police officer Bishwaraj Khadka said from Myagdi, the town nearest the crash site. “There are no survivors.”
The airline said the plane was carrying three crew and 20 passengers. A Chinese national and a Kuwaiti citizen were among the dead. All the others were from Nepal and two were children.Aviation minister Aananda Prasad Pokharel said the Twin Otter turboprop aircraft had been found in the western district of Myagdi and bodies could be seen scattered around it.“The wreckage of the plane was found in a completely burnt state in Solighopte in Myagdi district,” said Mr Pokharel, minister for culture, tourism and civil aviation.
“The team there say that the bodies are scattered and it is not possible to identify anyone right now.Police official Harihari Yogi said the wreckage of the plane was still burning and all the bodies

were charred. He said the aircraft appeared to have flown directly into the mountain.The army had deployed helicopters and foot soldiers to search Myagdi, after locals reported seeing possible wreckage of the Tara Air plane.
Tara Air said the Twin Otter had lost contact with air traffic control eight minutes after taking off from the tourist town of Pokhara early on Wednesday.The airliner said weather conditions were good when the plane took off for Jomsom, a popular trekking destination in the Himalayas about 20 minutes’ flight from Pokhara.Tara Air is a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines, a privately owned domestic carrier founded in 1998 which runs a service to many remote destinations across Nepal.
It suffered its last fatal accident in 2010 when a plane chartered by a group of Bhutanese tourists crashed into a mountainside in eastern Nepal.Air travel is popular in Nepal, which has only a limited road network. Many communities, particularly in the mountains and hills, are accessible only on foot or by air.Aviation expert Kunda Dixit said the area was prone to very strong winds.“Most flights in the area fly before 9.30am because very strong winds pick up after that,” he said.