On 15 December 2010, a DHC-6 Twin Otter passenger aircraft of Tara Air crashed shortly after take-off on a domestic flight from Lamidanda to Kathmandu, Nepal.

[1] Five minutes after taking off from Lamidanda Airport at 15:08 local time,[2] the left wing of the aircraft impacted land and the DHC-6 crashed.

"[5] The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1984 by De Havilland Canada, was a DHC-6 Twin Otter bearing the registration 9N-AFX with serial number 806.

[6] The wreckage of the aircraft reportedly covered 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), and, according to a police spokesperson, had "broken up completely".

"[8] Police arrested the general manager of a travel agent based in Kathmandu over suspicions of tax evasion during the sale of tickets for the flight.