Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Tara Air, kahi mokulele mokulele ma Nepal i kēia leka i kāna pūnaewele:
Minamina mākou e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kēia lā Mei 29, 2022, ua haʻalele ka mokulele ʻo Tara Air 9N-AET, DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, e hele ana i Jomsom mai Pokhara i ka hola 9:55 a nalowale ka pilina. He 22 ka nui o ka mokulele me 3 ohua, a he 19 ohua maluna o ka moku. Mai loko mai o 19 mau ohua, 13 he Nepali, 4 India, a he 2 Kelemania. Ua hana ka mokulele i kāna hui hope loa me Jomson Airport ma 10:07 am. Ua hoʻouna ʻia kahi helikopa no ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mokulele akā naʻe ma muli o ka ʻino o ka wā i hoʻi ai ka helikopter i Jomson. Aia nā helikopa mai Kathmandu, Pokhara, a me Jomsom nā mokulele a e hoʻi hou mai no ka ʻimi i ka wā e pau ai ka ʻea. ʻO nā mākaʻi Nepal, Nepal Army, a me ka hui hoʻopakele o Tara Air ke hele nei no ka ʻimi ʻāina.
ʻO ka mokulele turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET i hoʻohana ʻia e Tara lu ua nalowale ka pilina ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana mai ke kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Pokhara ma kahi o 10 am ma ka Lāpule.
ʻO nā poʻe holo a pau ma luna o ka mokulele i hāʻule i kahi mauna ma Nepal "ua manaʻo ʻia ua nalowale ko lākou mau ola", haʻi aku kahi luna aupuni iā ANI, ʻoiai ua huki nā mea hoʻopakele i nā kino mai ka pōʻino o ka mokulele i loaʻa iā 22 mau kānaka ma luna o ka moku.
ʻO Pokhara he 125 km (80 mau mile) ma ke komohana o ke kapikala ʻo Kathmandu. Ua hele ʻo ia no Jomsom, aia ma kahi o 80 km (50 mau mile) ma ke komohana ʻākau o Pokhara a he wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana a me ka pilina. Ua kaulana nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua i nā malihini a me nā malihini kipa.
Ua manaʻo mākou ua pau nā ola o nā poʻe holo o ka mokulele. Hōʻike kā mākou loiloi mua ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ola i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mokulele, akā pono ka ʻōlelo kūhelu, "ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Phadindra Mani Pokhrel, ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Kalaiaina e ka hui nūhou ANI.
Loaʻa iā Nepal kekahi o nā ala mamao loa a paʻakikī hoʻi i ka honua. Eia kekahi, paʻakikī nā kiʻekiʻe i uhi ʻia i ka hau, no nā mea hoʻokele akamai. Hiki ke loli koke ke aniau ma na mauna.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO nā poʻe holo a pau ma luna o ka mokulele i hāʻule i kahi mauna ma Nepal "ua manaʻo ʻia ua nalowale ko lākou mau ola", haʻi aku kahi luna aupuni iā ANI, ʻoiai ua huki nā mea hoʻopakele i nā kino mai ka pōʻino o ka mokulele i loaʻa iā 22 mau kānaka ma luna o ka moku.
- A helicopter had been sent the search for the aircraft however due to the bad weather the helicopter had to return back to Jomson.
- Nepal Police, Nepal Army, and the rescue team of Tara Air are on the way for a land search.
