Bhubaneswar: A family of four from Bhubaneswar were onboard Nepal’s Tara Air flight which went missing today morning. According to reports, Ashok Tripathy, a resident of Jaydev Vihar area here, was on a trip to Nepal with his wife, son and daughter.
A Delhi-based travel agency, which had arranged the family’s trip confirmed about it being onboard, the ill-fated small passenger plane operated. There were 22 people on board, including four Indians (all from Odisha).
The Tara Air 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft lost contact while flying from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 200 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, to Jomsom, about 80 km to the northwest, Tara Air officials said.
The aircraft, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight, lost contact shortly after take-off at 9:55 am local time. As per the local police, the aircraft has been suspected to have crashed in the “Titi” area of Lete in the mountainous Mustang district.
