Tara Air Flight 197
9N-AET, the aircraft involved in the accident, two months before the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 May 2022 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to loss of situational awareness |
| Site | Thasang-2, Mustang District, Nepal 28°42′42.8394″N 83°35′31.92″E / 28.711899833°N 83.5922000°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Tara Air operated for Yeti Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TB197 |
| ICAO flight No. | TRA197 |
| Call sign | TARA AIR 197 |
| Registration | 9N-AET |
| Flight origin | Pokhara Airport, Nepal |
| Destination | Jomsom Airport, Nepal |
| Occupants | 22 |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 22 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Tara Air Flight 197 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Tara Air for parent company Yeti Airlines from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal. On 29 May 2022, the Twin Otter aircraft carrying 22 people (19 passengers and 3 crew members) departed at 09:55 NPT (04:10 UTC) and lost contact with air traffic controllers about 12 minutes later at 10:07 (04:22). The wreckage was located 20 hours later on a mountainside. All 22 passengers and crew were killed, and all 22 bodies were recovered. This was Tara Air's second deadly accident on this route, after Flight 193 in 2016.