Missing Nepal plane wreck found,all 22 dead

All 22 people,a majority of them pilgrims from Bhutan,on board a plane that went missing in Nepal were killed in the crash of the aircraft,wreckage of which was found in a mountainous area near here Thursday. The wreckage of the Canadian-built Twin Otter aircraft belonging to Tara Airlines was found in Srichaur village near Kathmandu Thursday,a day after the plane lost contact with the control tower of the airport at Lamidanda in Khotang district of eastern Nepal minutes after it took off from there.The plane,flying to Kathmandu from Lamidanda,was carrying 19 passengers,including an American and three crew members. 18 of them were Bhutanese nationals on a pilgrimage to Khotang district. A police spokesman said all 22 bodies have been recovered from the crash site near Kathmandu and that army helicopters are now bringing the bodies to the capital.