Nepal: Helicopter goes missing with 23 on board
A helicopter with 23 people on board went missing today in Nepal’s mountainous east, officials said.
The Russian-built MI-17 helicopter took off from Taplejung, about 310 miles east of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, this morning but has not been seen since, said Ambar Shakya of the rescue co-ordination unit at Kathmandu airport.
