<div><span>A Nepal Airlines small plane carrying 18 people, including a foreigner, went missing today while on its way from a popular tourist resort to a town in western Nepal, police said.</span><div><br /></div><div>The Twin Otter took off from Pokhara airport at 12:40 pm and disappeared 35 minutes later.</div><div>Ram Hari Sharma, Spokesperson at the Nepal Airlines Corporation, confirmed that they have not been able to locate the plane.<br /><br /></div><div>According to Sharma, the missing Twin Otter was carrying 18 people, including a child and a Danish national, pilot and two flight attendants. Identities of other passengers, however, is yet to be known, The Himalayan Times reported.<br /><br /></div><div>Search operations are underway, Sharma said, adding that a helicopter has been deployed to locate the aircraft. </div></div>
<div><span>A Nepal Airlines small plane carrying 18 people, including a foreigner, went missing today while on its way from a popular tourist resort to a town in western Nepal, police said.</span><div><br /></div><div>The Twin Otter took off from Pokhara airport at 12:40 pm and disappeared 35 minutes later.</div><div>Ram Hari Sharma, Spokesperson at the Nepal Airlines Corporation, confirmed that they have not been able to locate the plane.<br /><br /></div><div>According to Sharma, the missing Twin Otter was carrying 18 people, including a child and a Danish national, pilot and two flight attendants. Identities of other passengers, however, is yet to be known, The Himalayan Times reported.<br /><br /></div><div>Search operations are underway, Sharma said, adding that a helicopter has been deployed to locate the aircraft. </div></div>