
Tara Air Flight 197
Aviation accident in 2022
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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 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft carrying 22 people departed at 09:55 NPT 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.
Quick facts
- Type
- aviation accident wd
- Coordinates
- 28.7119° N, 83.5922° E wd
Nearby places
- Dhaulagiri Zone — 3 km
- Thasang Rural Municipality — 3 km
- Kowang — 3 km
- Tukuche Peak — 5 km
- Tukuche — 5 km
- Kali Gandaki Gorge — 5 km
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Tara Air Flight 197 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata item Q112163545 · CC0 1.0
- Image: 9N-AET Tara Air DHC-6 20220405.jpg by Ralf1963 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026
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"Tara Air Flight 197". DigiNepal. Last updated 21 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/tara-air-flight-197. Retrieved 7 November 2026.