# Tara Air Flight 193

_February 2016 plane crash in Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> Tara Air Flight 193 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. On 24 February 2016, eight minutes after take-off, the aircraft serving the flight, a Viking Air DHC-6-400 Twin Otter went missing with 23 people on board.
Hours later, the wreckage was found near the village of Dana, Myagdi District. There were no survivors. It was Tara Air's deadliest accident.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** aircraft crash ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22927624#P31))
- **Located in:** Myagdi District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22927624#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 28.5385, 83.6207

## Questions

**Where is Tara Air Flight 193 located?**  
Tara Air Flight 193 is located in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

## Related

- [Myagdi District](https://diginpl.com/places/myagdi-district)
- [Gandaki Province](https://diginpl.com/places/gandaki-province)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tara Air Flight 193](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Air_Flight_193) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): तारा एयर विमान १९३](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%A9_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q22927624](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22927624) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: 9N-AHH Main wreakage area.jpg by Nepal's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9N-AHH_Main_wreakage_area.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Tara Air Flight 193, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 9N-AHH Main wreakage area.jpg — Nepal's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC), Public domain.

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"Tara Air Flight 193". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/tara-air-flight-193. Retrieved 21 October 2026.