Indian Embassy in Nepal condoles death of 22 people, including 4 Indians, in Tara Air plane crash

Kathmandu: The Indian Embassy in Nepal on Wednesday condoled the death of 22 people, including four Indian nationals, in the Tara Air plane crash and said its thoughts are with the families of the victims and their loved ones.

The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane was carrying four Indians, two Germans and 13 Nepali passengers, besides a three-member Nepali crew when it crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara on Sunday.

“We condole the loss of 22 precious lives including 4 Indian nationals in the tragic crash of Tara Air flight on its way from Pokhara to Jomsom on 29th May. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and their loved ones,” the Indian mission tweeted.

The last rites of the four members of an Indian family who were killed in the plane crash are expected to be performed at the sacred Pashupatinath Temple here after their post-mortem, sources said on Tuesday.

Businessman Ashok Kumar Tripathi (54) and his Thane-based estranged wife Vaibhavi Bandekar Tripathi (51) were on a reunion trip to the Himalayan country along with their son Dhanush (22) and daughter Ritika (15), when the tragedy struck on Sunday.