/Tara-Airlines-Wreckage-Found.jpg "The Tara Airlines plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the mountain town of Jomsom lost contact with the airport tower shortly after takeoff. (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)")
According to a Nepal army officer, the wreckage of a plane reported missing on Sunday in the highlands of Nepal was located on Monday. There were no reports of survivors.
The army published an overhead photograph of the crash site on Twitter, which depicted scattered airplane components on the mountainside.
There were no reports of survivors, and no more information was provided.
The Tara Air aircraft was carrying 22 passengers on a 20-minute flight to the highland resort of Jomsom. Sunday, it took off from the vacation town of Pokhara, 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu.
The Twin Otter aircraft lost contact with the airport tower just before touchdown in a region of deep river gorges and mountain peaks.
Monday morning, rescuers honed in on a likely location for a missing passenger jet.
The Twin Otter aircraft lost contact with the airport tower just before touchdown in a region of deep river gorges and mountain peaks.
According to a statement by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, military helicopters and commercial helicopters were involved in the search.
According to a tweet by an army spokesman, army forces and rescue teams are en route to the possible accident site, which is reported to be near Lete, a village in the Mustang district.
However, inclement weather and nightfall halted the search until Monday morning, Silwal reported.
Tara Air spokeswoman Sudarshan Bartaula had previously stated that searchers had narrowed down a likely location for the plane.
The 43-year-old aircraft took off from Pokhara at 9:55 a.m. local time and transmitted its final signal at 10:07 a.m. local time at an altitude of 3,900 meters, according to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com.
According to a police official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media, six foreigners were on board the jet, including four Indians and two Germans.
Baraula stated that the aircraft was carrying 19 passengers and three crew members.
The area has had rain over the past two days, but flights have continued. Before landing in a valley, aircraft on this route fly between mountains.
It is a popular path for Indian and Nepalese pilgrims who visit the famed Muktinath temple and foreign hikers who trek on the mountain trails.
