Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 11 Jul 2023, 03:57 am Print
Nepal Helicopter Crash Image: Manag Air Instagram page
Kathmandu: At least six people, including five Mexicans, died in a helicopter crash in Nepal on Tuesday.
The crash occurred in Lamjura of Likhupike Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu district.
Six people–Captain Chet Bahadur Gurung and five Mexican nationals–were aboard the aircraft, Raju Neupane, operation and safety manager of Manang Air told The Kathmandu Post.
According to rural municipality deputy chair Nwang Lhakpa Sherpa, locals have informed that the chopper was found crashed at Chihandanda in Lamjura of Bhakanje village.
“The locals discovered the crashed helicopter at Chihandanda,” Sherpa told The Kathmandu Post.
As many as 71 people, including foreigners, were killed in a plane crash in Pokhara in January this year.
The incident was termed by experts as one of the worst plane crashes witnessed by the Himalayan nation in 30 years.
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