Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board: Officials

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KATHMANDU (AFP, REUTERS) - A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday (May 29) with 22 people on board, airline and government officials told Reuters. The Twin Otter aircraft took off from the western town of Pokhara at 9.55am (12.10pm Singapore...

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 air from Pokhara, west of the capital, Kathmandu.Nepal’s aviation industry has long been plagued by poor safety due to insufficient training and maintenance.The Himalayan country also has some of the world’s most remote and tricky runways, flanked by snow-capped peaks with approaches that pose a challenge for even accomplished pilots.

The flight from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka crash-landed and skidded into a football field where it burst into flames.An investigation found that the captain suffered an emotional breakdown during the flight, distracting the freshly qualified co-pilot who was at the controls when it crashed. The report said air traffic control also confused the two ends of the runway, but concluded this had no impact on the flight.

 

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