A small plane with 23 people on board, including two minors and three crew members, crashed in the mountainous area in western Nepal on Wednesday, local law enforcement said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The aircraft took off earlier in the day for an 18-minute flight, but has gone missing in the Myagdi district, Senior Superintendent of Nepal Police Mahendra Pokharel said, as quoted by The Himalayan Times.

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