Nepal Authorities Recover Bodies of 14 Persons Who Were on Board Crashed Plane

A general view of a Tara Air plane crash site during the rescue operation at Thasang, Nepal, on May 30, 2022. Fishtail Air Pvt Ltd Captain Nikalas Fjellgren/Handout via Reuters

KATHMANDU—Rescue workers in Nepal have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in a remote region, an airport official said on Monday.

A Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter, tail number 9N-AET, in Simikot, Nepal, on Dec. 1, 2021. Madhu Thapa/via Reuters