May 30, 2022: All the passengers on board Nepal’s Tara Air flight that crashed into a mountainside in Nepal are "suspected to have lost their lives", a government official told news agency ANI. Of the 22 people on board, 4 were Indians.

Rescuers have been able to pull out 14 bodies from the mangled wreckage of the plane that had 22 people on board.

"We suspect all the passengers on board the aircraft have lost their lives. Our preliminary assessment shows that no one could have survived the plane crash, but official statement is due," Phadindra Mani Pokhrel, Spokesperson, Home Ministry was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

The crash site was found at 14,500ft in Sano Sware Bhir of Thasang in Mustang district in northwestern Nepal, after nearly 20 hours since the plane went missing.

Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site.