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Urgent: Chinese national among 21 on board missing aircraft in Nepal

Xinhua, February 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

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. Enditem