The plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom
\nKATHMANDU
\nRescue workers in Nepal have so far recovered 14 bodies from the crash site of a small plane carrying 22 people that went down in a remote region, an airport official said on Monday.
\n\u201cThe search for others is continuing,\u201d said Tek Raj Sitaula, a spokesman for the Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal\u2019s capital Kathmandu.
\nA plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, officials told Reuters, saying cloudy weather was preventing search helicopters from flying into the area of the flight\u2019s last known location.
\nThe Tara Air plane took off from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 125 km (80 miles) west of capital Kathmandu, headed towards Jomsom, about 80 km to the northwest, the officials said. Tara Air mainly flies Canadian-built Twin Otter turboprop planes.
\n\u201cOne search helicopter returned to Jomsom due to bad weather without locating the plane,\u201d the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement.
\n\u201cHelicopters are ready to take off for search from Kathmandu, Pokhara and Jomsom once weather conditions improve. Army and police search teams have left towards the site.\u201d
\nThe airline said the plane was carrying four Indians, two Germans and 16 Nepalis, including three crew. Seven of the passengers were women, it said.
\nThe plane lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land at Jomsom, a popular tourist and pilgrimage site, an airline official said on condition of anonymity.
\nThe country\u2019s weather office said there had been thick cloud cover in the Pokhara-Jomson area since the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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