Updated May 30, 2022 - World

Nepal search teams recover 20 bodies from plane crash site

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The wreckage of a Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air, lay on a mountainside in Mustang on May 30, 2022, a day after it crashed. — The wreckage of a Twin Otter aircraft, operated by Nepali carrier Tara Air, lies on a mountainside in the Mustang district of Nepal on Monday, a day after it crashed. Photo: Bishal Magar/AFP via Getty Images

The wreckage of a Tara Air-operated plane that vanished with 22 people on board was found Monday in the mountains of Nepal's Mustang district.

What they're saying: Authorities said 20 bodies had been recovered from the crash site and, while search and rescue operations continued, there were "no presumed survivors," the Washington Post reports.

Details: The plane, made by Canadian aircraft company de Havilland, was carrying 16 Nepalis, four Indians and two Germans, per the BBC.

It had departed the tourist town of Pokhara for Jomsom, a popular tourism and pilgrimage destination, when it disappeared in bad weather Sunday morning, authorities said.

The big picture: It was Nepal's 10th plane crash in as many years, with the Himalayan nation prone to sudden changes in weather and airstrips that are situated in rocky, hard-to-access terrain.

In 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines flight carrying 71 people from Bangladesh crashed and caught fire at Kathmandu's airport; 51 people died.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with the increased death toll, details of the plane's route and further context on plane crashes in Nepal.

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