There were 6 foreign nationals on board the plane, four Indians and two Germans, according to a police officer who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Nor there was information about the status of the Twin Otter aircraft and a search operation was launched, police officer Ramesh Thapa said.
In recent days it has rained in the area, although flights have operated normally. Planes on that route pass between mountains before landing in a valley.
The area is popular with foreign mountaineers who travel the region’s trails, as well as Indian and Nepalese pilgrims who visit the revered Muktinah temple.
According to flight tracking site flightradar24.com, the 43-year-old aircraft took off from Pokhra at 0410 GMT and transmitted its last signal at 0422 GMT at an altitude of 12,825 feet (3,900 meters).
In 2016, a Tata Airlines Twin Otter plane flying the same route crashed after takeoff, killing all 23 people on board. In 2012, another 15 people were killed when an Agni Air plane also traveled from Pokhara to Jomsom crashed. Six people survived. In 2014, a Nepal Airlines plane crashed on a flight from Pokhara to Jumla, killing all 18 people on the plane.
In 2018, a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people on board.
Source: Ambito
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