Tara Air Twin Otter Plane Landing In Kathmandu

A Tara Air airline De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter aircraft as seen flying and landing at Tribhuvan International Airport KTM in Kathmandu. The airplane has the registration 9N-AEV. Tara Air Pvt. Ltd. is an airline headquartered in Kathmandu, a subsidiary of Yeti Airlines operating scheduled flights and air charter services with a fleet of Short Takeoff and landing planes, serving remote mountainous airports and airstrips. Forbes rated Tara Air as one of the "most unsafe airlines" in 2019 due to several significant incidents. On May 29, 2022 a plane carrying 22 passenger and crew went missing. The plane with registration 9N-AET was flying from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom. According to Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority, the aircraft lost contact with air control 12 minutes after take off. Kathmandu, Nepal on April 16, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)