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2 ultralight flyers missing
An ultralight aircraft that took off from Pokhara Airport at 10:35am on Thursday with two people onboard has gone out of contact.bookmark
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Published at : October 9, 2015
Updated at : October 9, 2015 09:04
Pokhara
An ultralight aircraft that took off from Pokhara Airport at 10:35am on Thursday with two people onboard has gone out of contact.
Russian pilot Vallery Buttenin, 60, and South African woman Elizabeth Well, 40, were on the aircraft. Officials said the ultralight went out of contact soon after the pilot contacted the
tower informing they were
flying around Sarangkot and heading towards Annapurna Base Camp.
The aircraft, its pilot and the passenger could not be found until late evening.
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