KATHMANDU (Nepal) — Nepal's army said on Monday (May 30) it had located the crash site of a plane that went missing with 22 people on board during cloudy weather on Sunday.
"Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site," army spokesperson Narayan Silwal said on Twitter, posting a picture of the wreckage with the plane's tail number clearly visible and parts of the aircraft shown scattered on the edge of a mountain.
Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 said the aircraft, with registration number 9N-AET, made its first flight in April 1979.
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