Nepal helicopter found crashed

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Nepal helicopter

found crashed

POSTED: 12:00 a.m. EDT, September 24, 2006

KATHMANDU, Nepal

(CNN) -- A helicopter that was carrying 24 people was found crashed Sunday in a

remote Nepalese village, authorities said. There was no immediate word on

survivors.

The crashed helicopter was found in Nepal's eastern

district of Taplejung. It was located by an army helicopter, said Hemant Kumar

Uprety, a Taplejung airport worker.

A second helicopter was headed to the location to search for survivors,

he said.

The helicopter went missing Saturday while traveling from the

Kenchenjunga Nature Conservation Reserve to Suketar in Taplejung. The

passengers were to catch a flight to Kathmandu.

Nepal's Civil Aviation Ministry said that three helicopters

were searching for the missing chopper, but the operation was called off

because of bad weather and poor visibility. The search resumed Sunday morning.

The helicopter, operated by Shree Air, was carrying officials from the

United States Agency for International Development and the Finnish Embassy in Kathmandu.

 

Also aboard was Nepal's State Minister for Forests and

Soil Conservation Gopal Rai, his wife, and other government and conservation

officials. It was chartered by the Nepal office of World Wildlife Fund.

Local radio reports, citing journalists in Taplejung district, said that

the craft went missing in Taplejung in bad weather. The area is about 500

kilometers (310 miles) east of Kathmandu, the capital.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/nepal.helicopter/index.html

 

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