RESCUERS on Monday recovered 21 bodies from the wreckage site of the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepal’s mountainous Mustang district on Sunday with 22 people on board, including four Indians, minutes after taking off from the tourist city of Pokhara, officials said.

The turboprop Twin Otter 9N-AET plane went missing on Sunday morning in the mountainous region of Nepal. The Canadian-built plane, flying from Pokhara to the popular touristtownJomsomincentral Nepal, was carrying four Indians, two Germans and 13Nepalipassengers,besides athree-memberNepalicrew. Rescuers have recovered 21bodies fromthecrashsite, saidastatementissuedbythe Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). One person was still missing, the statement added. It said that 10 bodies were brought to Kathmandu,while11bodies were taken to the base camp from where the rescue operation is being coordinated. Sudarshan Bartaula, a spokesperson for Tara Air, said that search and rescue teams are scouring the area for the remaining person. President Bidya Devi BhandariandPrimeMinister Sher Bahadur Deuba have condoled the death of crew members and passengers in the plane crash. The Government has formeda five-member commissionofinquiryheadedby senioraeronauticalengineer RatishChandraLalSumanto findoutthe causeoftheTara Air plane crash. A preliminary investigationrevealedthattheaircraft had crashed into the mountains after it swerved to the right,insteadofturningtothe left due to inclement weather, CAAN Director-General Pradeep Adhikari said during a meeting of the International Committee of the Parliament on Monday. Earlier in the afternoon, theCAANinastatementsaid that the plane had crashed atThasang-2inMustangdistrict at the height of 14,500 feet.Inda Singh, who was on his way to clear a blocked road,foundoutthattheplane had crashed. He said the plane was found in a completely damaged condition, MyRepublica newspaper reported. “All the passengers on the aircraft are found dead,” he was quoted as saying by the paper. “The dead bodies are intact andthefacesofallvictims are recognisable.