According to the army, the plane crashed in Sanosware in Mustang district close to the mountain town of Jomsom where it was heading after taking off from the resort town of Pokhara, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Kathmandu. After 24 hours of missing, an intense search operation was launched to locate the plane's wreckage.
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The Nepal plane carrying 22 people who disappeared over the weekend has been found crashed on a mountainside, according to the army.
According to reports, the small twin-engine aircraft went missing in the mountainous region of Mustang, Nepal, on Sunday, 29 May.
At the time of its disappearance, the officials confirmed that they had lost contact with the plane while it was flying over a mountain range.
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There were 22 people on board, among which 16 were Nepali, 2 Germans, and 4 Indians, including 3 crew members, who were taking the 20-minute fatal journey from Pokhara to Jomsom.
As soon as it went missing, a search team used a helicopter to scan the area for the plane and a number of patrol units went on foot to look for the aircraft.
Due to bad weather, the search was halted for the night, but an army helicopter and private choppers resumed the search today, 30 May, morning.
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Almost 24 hours after the plane disappeared, an intense rescue mission has seen troops locate the plane's wreckage.
Rescuers recovered 14 bodies from the crash site, said Teknath Sitaula of Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. There was no word on survivors, and the search of the crash site was continuing.
Writing on Twitter, Narayan Silwal, spokesperson for Nepal's Army, said: "Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site. Details will be followed.
"Lt Mangal Shrestha, police inspector and a guide have already reached the site. Other rescue team members from different agencies are trying to reach the sites using small helicopters.
"Every possible means to reach the site is being considered."
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According to reports, it was raining in the area for the past few days but flights have been operating normally.
Planes taking that route fly between mountains before landing in a valley.
According to plane tracking data from flightradar24.com, the 43-year-old aircraft took off from Pokhara at 0410 GMT and transmitted its last signal at 0422 GMT at an altitude of 12,825ft (3,900 metres).
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Speaking about the incident over the weekend, Ram Kumar Dani, DSP of District Police Office, said: "Locals from Titi have called and informed us that they have heard an unusual sound as if there was some bang. We are deploying a helicopter to the area for the search operation."
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The aircraft is said to have last had contact at 9.55am, with Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma telling ANI: "The aircraft was seen over the sky of Jomsom in Mustang district and then had diverted to Mt Dhaulagiri after which it hadn’t come into contact."
In 2016, a Tara Air Twin Otter flying the same route crashed after take-off, killing all 23 people aboard, while four years ago, a US-Bangla passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed on landing in Kathmandu, killing 49 of the 71 people aboard.
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