Nepal helicopter found crashed POSTED: 0400 GMT (1200 HKT), September 24, 2006 KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- A helicopter that was carrying 24 people was found crashed Sunday in a remote Nepalese village, authorities said. There was no immediate word on survivors. The crashed helicopter was found in Nepal's eastern district of Taplejung. It was located by an army helicopter, said Hemant Kumar Uprety, a Taplejung airport worker. A second helicopter was headed to the location to search for survivors, he said. The helicopter went missing Saturday while traveling from the Kenchenjunga Nature Conservation Reserve to Suketar in Taplejung. The passengers were to catch a flight to Kathmandu. Nepal's Civil Aviation Ministry said that three helicopters were searching for the missing chopper, but the operation was called off because of bad weather and poor visibility. The search resumed Sunday morning. The helicopter, operated by Shree Air, was carrying officials from the United States Agency for International Development and the Finnish Embassy in Kathmandu. Also aboard was Nepal's State Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation Gopal Rai, his wife, and other government and conservation officials. It was chartered by the Nepal office of World Wildlife Fund. Local radio reports, citing journalists in Taplejung district, said that the craft went missing in Taplejung in bad weather. The area is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Kathmandu, the capital.