Read MoreKATHMANDU—A small passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in cloudy weather in Nepal on Sunday and authorities suspended a search in difficult terrain as night fell.
“The search operation has been suspended for today because of the darkness,” police spokesperson Bishnu Kumar K.C told Reuters. “We could not make any progress. The search will resume early tomorrow.”
Officials said bad weather and mountainous terrain had hampered their efforts to locate the plane, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter operated by privately owned Tara Air.
The plane took off in the morning for a 20-minute flight but lost contact with the control tower five minutes before it was due to land, government officials said….
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