An ultralight aircraft has lost contact after taking off from Pokhara Airport today. Two persons, one pilot and another passenger, were on board the aircraft. A helicopter and another ultralight aircraft have been mobilised for search and rescue of the missing plane. The family of the missing Democratic Alliance (DA) deputy leader in North West, Petro Nel, are leaving for Nepal on Thursday, the party said. "Today is a week since the plane went missing, but we keep our hopes high. Petro’s husband and two sons leave for Nepal today," spokesperson Nicolize van der Walt said.
Nel was on a holiday in Nepal when the light aircraft in which she was a passenger went missing last week Thursday during a sight-seeing flight over a mountainous area.
