Small plane missing in Nepal carrying 22 people

A small airplane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route was missing in Nepal’s mountains on Sunday. The plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the mountain town of Jomsom, took off from the resort town of Pokhara, 200 kilometers east of Kathmandu.

It lost contact with the airport tower shortly after takeoff. There were six foreigners on board the plane, including four Indians and two Germans. It has been raining in the area for the past few days but flights have been operating normally.