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| JOMSOM, Feb. 24, 2016 -- Undated file photo shows a Twin Otter plane landing at Jomsom, Mustang, Nepal. Search operation has begun for a missing aircraft of Tara Airlines in Nepal that was flying with 18 passengers on board. The Twin Otter aircraft was flying to Jomsom from Pokhara on Wednesday morning. It lost contact a few minutes after taking off from the airport at 7:47 AM local time. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) |
KATHMANDU, Feb. 24 -- A Chinese national is among 21 people on board a missing aircraft of Tara Airlines in Nepal, Bhim Raj Rai, Media Officer at Tara Airlines informed Xinhua Wednesday.
"Among 18 passengers, two are foreigners including one Chinese and one Kuwait national," he said.
The Twin Otter aircraft was flying to Jomsom from Pokhara on Wednesday morning. It lost contact a few minutes after taking off from the airport at 7:47 AM local time.
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