A small passenger plane crashed in the mountains of western Nepal , killing all 18 people on board , authorities said Monday . The Twin Otter aircraft left Sunday afternoon from the tourist town of Pokhara , about 200 kilometers ( 124 miles ) west of the capital Kathmandu . It was on its way to Jumla , a remote town about 600 kilometers ( 373 miles ) northeast of Kathmandu , when it went missing . The flight usually takes an hour . `` Police have reached the crash site and no survivors have been found , '' said Bam Bahadur Bhandari , regional police chief of Pokhara . `` The bodies are being collected . '' The cause of the crash was n't immediately known . The plane was flying in poor weather conditions as it had been raining and snowing across the country for the past few days . `` The aircraft seems to have hit a mountain '' said Bimlesh Karna , deputy director of Nepal 's civil aviation authority . Among the 18 on board were three crew members and a Danish national . Of the 17 Nepalese , one was a child , Karna said . The 40-year-old Canadian-made Twin Otter aircraft belonged to state-owned Nepal Airlines . The crash has once again raised concern over Nepal 's air safety record . There were two fatal air crashes each year from 2010 to 2012 in this Himalayan country .
Official : Plane appears to have hit a mountain . A small passenger plane crashed in western Nepal , killing all 18 on board . The cause of the crash was n't immediately known . Among the occupants was a child , officials say .