Aircraft his private airline Nepalwith 22 passengers, ignoredaccording to company executives and government officials.
The small aircraft was performing flight from the tourist town of Pokhara about 200 kilometers northwest of the capital, to Jomsom, these sources said. The aircraft is operated by Tara Air, which mainly uses Canadian-made Twin Otter aircraft.
«The Tara Air passenger aircraft is being ignoredSaid the Xinhua news agency Siva Prasad Rijal, a high-ranking official in the area of ​​Pokhara, the capital of Gandaki province. «It carried 19 passengers and three crew members».
The aircraft took off from Pokhara Airport at 09.55 am. local time and was expected in Jomsom at 10.20 a.m. However, minutes after takeoff, air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircrafthe said.
An airline executive told Reuters that at The plane was carrying four Indians and two other foreign nationalswhose nationality has not yet been made known.
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