A passenger plane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route is missing in Nepal’s mountains, an official says
A passenger plane has gone missing in Nepal with 22 people on board.
The Twin Otter aircraft took off on Sunday from the western town of Pokhara at 0410 GMT but soon lost contact with air traffic control. "A domestic flight bound for Jomsom from Pokhara has lost contact," Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesman for Tara Air said.Phanindra Mani Pokharel, a spokesman at the Ministry of Home Affairs, said two helicopters have been deployed for a search operation. But he said visibility was low.
"The bad weather is likely to hamper the search operation. The visibility is so poor that nothing can be seen," Pokharel said. Jomsom is a popular trekking destination in the Himalayas about 20 minutes by plane from Pokhara, which lies west of Kathmandu.A Tara Air flight carrying 19 passengers from Pokhara to Jomsom has been reported to have lost contact with the control tower.
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