Plane missing over Nepal

kathmandu - A Tara Air plane with 23 people on board went missing over Nepal. The unit departed Wednesday morning, but lost an hour after takeoff contact with air traffic control, say authorities told The Himalayan Times.

Aboard the plane are eighteen passengers, including two foreigners. It is according to the Kathmandu Post to a Chinese and one from Kuwait. Rescue workers search with two helicopters to the aircraft.