'40 Italians missing in Nepal'

(see related)(ANSA) - Rome, April 27 - The Italian foreign ministry said Monday 40 Italian citizens have gone missing in Nepal since Saturday's devastating earthquake. The ministry's on-site crisis unit has so far tracked down "eight tourists and over 300 unregistered Italians" in the area affected by the earthquake. The unit "is unceasingly engaged in the search for missing fellow nationals...and is maintaining contact with the families of Italians in Nepal," the ministry said in a statement. As well, the ministry is setting up a C130 military transport plane to ferry Italian nationals out of Kathmandu.
    A second, larger military plane will be sent in the next couple of days "when the largest possible number of fellow nationals" can be gathered at Kathmandu airport, the ministry said.