A DHC-6 of Tara Air similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date
24 February 2016 (2016-02-24)
Summary
VFR into IMC, loss of situational awareness, controlled flight into terrain
Site
Dana, Myagdi District, Nepal
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter
Operator
Tara Air
IATA flight No.
TB193
ICAO flight No.
TRA193
Call sign
Tara Air 193
Registration
9N-AHH
Flight origin
Pokhara Airport, Pokhara, Nepal
Destination
Jomsom Airport, Jomsom, Nepal
Occupants
23
Passengers
20
Crew
3
Fatalities
23
Survivors
0
Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the aircraft serving the flight, a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter went missing with 23 people on board.[1][2][3]
Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of Dana, Myagdi District. There were no survivors.[4] It was Tara Air's deadliest accident.[5]
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