Helicopter missing in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A helicopter belonging to a Dutch military contractor in Afghanistan was reported missing, NATO officials said Thursday.

The helicopter, carrying an unknown number of passengers, went missing Tuesday and a search for it was underway, CNN reported quoting Lt. Col. Todd Vician, spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.

He did not say how many passengers were aboard or the location where the chopper disappeared.

The craft, owned by Netherlands-based Supreme Global, is used to transport food supplies for military and multinational forces.

Vician said there had been no distress signal from the chopper.