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| Officials in Nepal say the wreckage of a missing passenger plane with 18 people on board has been located in the western district of Arghakhanchi. | Officials in Nepal say the wreckage of a missing passenger plane with 18 people on board has been located in the western district of Arghakhanchi. |
| The Nepal Airlines plane was flying from the resort city of Pokhara to Jumla when contact was lost shortly after take-off on Sunday. | The Nepal Airlines plane was flying from the resort city of Pokhara to Jumla when contact was lost shortly after take-off on Sunday. |
| An aviation official said the plane appeared to have crashed into a hill. | An aviation official said the plane appeared to have crashed into a hill. |
| A helicopter had identified burning wreckage and search officials believed there were no survivors, he said. | |
| "The search helicopter has reported that it has found the wreckage and has seen the tail portion of the plane burning," said Bimlesh Lal Karna, a rescue coordinator with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). | "The search helicopter has reported that it has found the wreckage and has seen the tail portion of the plane burning," said Bimlesh Lal Karna, a rescue coordinator with the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). |
| "It has reported that there is no possibility of survivors." | "It has reported that there is no possibility of survivors." |
| Recovery teams would make their way to the site over land, because the helicopter could not touch down in the terrain, he said. | Recovery teams would make their way to the site over land, because the helicopter could not touch down in the terrain, he said. |
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| Contact with the Canadian-made Twin Otter plane was lost a few minutes after it took off at 12:40 local time (06:55 GMT) from the resort town of Pokhara, bound for Jumla, around 360km (220 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, officials said. | Contact with the Canadian-made Twin Otter plane was lost a few minutes after it took off at 12:40 local time (06:55 GMT) from the resort town of Pokhara, bound for Jumla, around 360km (220 miles) west of the capital Kathmandu, officials said. |
| Fifteen passengers - reportedly including a child - and three crew members were on board the aircraft, which had started its journey in Kathmandu and stopped in Pokhara to refuel. | Fifteen passengers - reportedly including a child - and three crew members were on board the aircraft, which had started its journey in Kathmandu and stopped in Pokhara to refuel. |
| The passenger manifest states that one of the passengers was Danish. | The passenger manifest states that one of the passengers was Danish. |
| Critics say that many passenger aircraft in Nepal are poorly maintained. | Critics say that many passenger aircraft in Nepal are poorly maintained. |
| In December the EU put all of Nepal's airlines on a blacklist and banned them from flying to the EU on safety grounds. | In December the EU put all of Nepal's airlines on a blacklist and banned them from flying to the EU on safety grounds. |
| In Nepal, 13 private airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many of them in difficult locations, surrounded by mountains, cloudy weather and with no road access. | In Nepal, 13 private airlines fly to nearly 50 airports, many of them in difficult locations, surrounded by mountains, cloudy weather and with no road access. |
| In September 2012, a plane operated by Nepal's Sita Air crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 19 people. | In September 2012, a plane operated by Nepal's Sita Air crashed near Kathmandu airport, killing 19 people. |
| In May of that year 15 people died when an Agni Air plane carrying Indian pilgrims to a Hindu religious site in northern Nepal crashed at a high-altitude airport. | In May of that year 15 people died when an Agni Air plane carrying Indian pilgrims to a Hindu religious site in northern Nepal crashed at a high-altitude airport. |
| Since 1949 - the year the first aircraft landed in Nepal - there have been more than 70 different crashes involving planes and helicopters, in which more than 700 people have been killed. | Since 1949 - the year the first aircraft landed in Nepal - there have been more than 70 different crashes involving planes and helicopters, in which more than 700 people have been killed. |