Abstract from WWF Nepal site. http://www.wwfnepal.org ........... Nepal Helicopter Missing in Kanchenjunga 23 Sep 2006 A Shree Air helicopter carrying delegates who had gone to attend the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area handover at Taplpejung are missing. The flight left this Ghunsa this afternoon at 12pm but did not arrived as per schedule (a 20 minute flight) back to Taplejung. A rescue helicopter was sent to combing the area but has returned to Kathmandu due to bad weather. Two rescue rescue teams have set on foot from Ghunsa and Taplejung. List of persons abroad Shree Air 9NAHJ: 1. Mr. Gopal Rai, Minister of State of Forests and Soil Conservation (Nepali) 2. Mrs. Gopal Rai (Nepali) 3. Dr. Damodar Parajuli, Acting Secretary – Ministry of State of Forests and Soil Conservation (Nepali) 4. Mr. Narayan Poudel, Director General of Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Nepali) 5. Mr. Sharad Rai, Director General of Department of Forests (Nepali) 6. Mr. Pauli Mustonnen, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Finland (Finnish) 7. Ms. Margaret Alexander, Dy. Director, USAID (Amercian) 8. Dr. Bijnan Acharya, Program Dev. Specialist, USAID (Nepali) 9. Dr. Jill Bowling, Conservation Director, WWF UK (Australian) 10. Ms. Jennifer Headley, Coordinator, WWF UK (Canadian) 11. Mr. Mingma Norbu Sherpa, Managing Director, EHEC, WWF US 12. Matthew Preece, Program Officer, WWF US (Amercian) 13. Dr. Chandra Gurung, Country Representative, WWF Nepal (Nepali) 14. Dr. Harka Gurung, Advisor, WWF Nepal (Nepali) 15. Dr. Tirtha Man Maskey, Co-Chair, AsRSG (Nepali) 16. Mrs. Yeshi Lama, WWF Nepal (Nepali) 17. Mr. Vijaya Shrestha, Central Committee Member, FNCCI (Nepali) 18. Mr. Hem Raj Bhandari, Nepal Television (Nepali) 19. Mr. Sunil Singh, Nepal Television (Nepali) 20. Mr. Dawa Tshering, Chairperson, KCAMC (Nepali) 21. Crew 1 (Russian) 22. Crew 2 (Russian) 23. Mingma Sherpa, Captain (Nepali) 24. Tandu Shrestha (Crew) (Nepali)