KHOTANG, DEC 15 - An aircraft owned by Tara air has gone missing after it took off from Lamidanda airport in Khotang district on Wednesday. The 9N-AFX Twin-Otter plane with 22 people onboard—three crew members, 19 passengers—left the airport for the Capital at 3.10 this afternoon, Khotang district DSP Tek Bahadur Tamang informed. One of the passengers is a foreigner. The crew members are—Captain AR Shakya, his assistant Satindra Shrestha, and airhostess AS Gurung. The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower, five minutes after the take-off. Meanwhile, two helicopters have been sent from the Capital to locate the plane. According to TIA officials, a flight from Lamidanda to Kathmandu takes around 35 minutes.Source: Kantipur