Helicopter with six missing in Nepal

A helicopter on Monday went missing with six persons on board in Nepal.

Fishtail Air said six persons were on board. "A search operation is underway," Xinhua news agency quoted Home Ministry spokesman Yadav Koirala as saying.

Company officials said helicopter 9N-AKA lost contact at 1 p.m. It was flying from Gorkha district to Kathmandu.

--IANS

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