Plane with 21 on board goes missing in Nepal

A passenger plane went missing in a mountainous area of Nepal early on Wednesday with 21 people on board, the airline said.
Tara Air said rescue helicopters had been deployed to search for the Twin Otter aircraft, which lost contact with air traffic control eight minutes after it left the western town of Pokhara on Wednesday morning.

"There are 18 passengers, including two foreigners, and three crew members, on board."