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flying through clouds with a little visibility between clouds. A descent to 10,000 feet (3,048 m) was initiated and at 10,200 feet (3,109 m) the GPWS sounded again, but the captain responded not to worry about it. The captain was accustomed to hearing GPWS warnings in normal flight, so it became a habit to disregard the warnings. About one minute before the accident the captain took over control and initiated a climb. The aircraft impacted a mountainside at 10,700 feet (3,261 m) and came to a rest at 10,982 feet (3,347 m) near Dana village, Myagdi district. Aviation Safety
Network gives the probable cause as a loss of situational awareness when entering clouds while flying under Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
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Helicopters were used to search the route for hours, but rescue efforts were slowed down by poor weather conditions, including dense fog and heavy rain. The wreckage was found burning after impacting a mountainside, with charred bodies visible inside. Bishwa Raj Khadka, the district Chief of Police,
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Monitoring. En route, the flight deviated to the left and climbed to 12,000 feet (3,658 m) to avoid clouds. Over the Ghorepani area, the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) began to sound. The aircraft was
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The final accident report, 17 months later, read: "The
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stated that personnel involved in the rescue operations had recovered 17 bodies from the crash site. Ukrainian traveler and TV presenter Dmytro
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went missing with 23 people on board. Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of
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with manufacturer's serial number 926. In
September 2015, it was delivered to
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512:"Plane crash feared in Nepal as flight carrying 21 goes missing in mountains"
455:"Missing Tara Air plane with 23 onboard could have crashed in Myagdi's Rupse"
487:"Crash: Tara DHC6 near Pokhara on Feb 24th 2016, aircraft impacted terrain"
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739:"Nepal plane crash: Tara Air plane goes down, 23 feared dead"
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am local time. The normal flight duration on the route is 18
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674:"23 confirmed dead in Myagdi plane crash"
16:2016 passenger plane crash in Dana, Nepal
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1343:Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154
592:"Aircraft Registration Database Lookup"
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1113:CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241
69:, loss of situational awareness,
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1033:Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash
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765:International Business Times UK
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101:Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter
1599:2015 Charikot Helicopter Crash
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1193:Lockhart hot air balloon crash
1153:Colombia army helicopter crash
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1449:Everest Air Dornier 228 crash
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922:(Report). Government of Nepal
1759:February 2016 events in Asia
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1253:American Airlines Flight 383
1243:Malta Fairchild Merlin crash
707:. BBC News. 24 February 2016
1674:Manang Air helicopter crash
1083:Magdalen Islands MU-2 crash
1053:Ecuadorian Army Arava crash
346:The aircraft took off from
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993:West Air Sweden Flight 294
47:24 February 2016
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728:Retrieved 15 August 2016
625:Flight Safety Foundation
568:Flight Safety Foundation
1764:2016 disasters in Nepal
1093:Halim Airport collision
1043:True Aviation Flight 21
741:. CNN. 24 February 2016
620:Aviation Safety Network
563:Aviation Safety Network
269:and registered 9N-AHH.
1183:Indian Air Force An-32
1143:Korean Air Flight 2708
1103:Sunbird Aviation crash
1623:Summit Air Flight 409
1559:Buddha Air Flight 103
1465:Necon Air Flight 128
1323:Aerosucre Flight 157
1273:Alfa Indonesia DHC-4
893:. 24 February 2016.
542:. 24 February 2016.
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1607:Tara Air Flight 193
1575:Sita Air Flight 601
1543:Agni Air Flight 101
1508:Yeti Airlines crash
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1355:2015 ◄
1203:Emirates Flight 521
1133:EgyptAir Flight 804
1073:EgyptAir Flight 181
1063:Flydubai Flight 981
1023:Tara Air Flight 193
873:. 24 February 2016.
797:on 24 February 2016
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491:The Aviation Herald
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223:Tara Air Flight 193
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1414:Nepal plane hijack
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846:The Kathmandu Post
821:The Kathmandu Post
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460:The Kathmandu Post
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