Indian national killed in Nepal helicopter collision
An Indian passenger died and several others were injured when two helicopters collided while landing in Solukhumbu district on Tuesday.
An Indian national was killed and another passenger was injured when two helicopters collided while landing in Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Tuesday, according to The Hindu.
The collision occurred at approximately 8.11 am local time at Pheriche in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality. The helicopters, operated by Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, had both taken off from Lukla Airport.
Police Inspector Mausam Tamang identified the deceased as 47-year-old Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu, an Indian national travelling on the Fishtail Air helicopter. His body has been taken to a hospital in Lukla and will be sent to Kathmandu for postmortem.
Shailesh Krishna Patel, a 49-year-old Indian origin resident of New Zealand on the same helicopter, was injured. He was airlifted to Mediciti Hospital in Kathmandu by a Prabhu Helicopter.
The two Nepalese pilots, Rabindra Prajapati of Fishtail Air and Prajwal KC of Dynasty Air, were also injured. They have been taken to Kathmandu for further treatment.
The Dynasty Air helicopter was carrying cargo. Police stated they are gathering further details, as the total number of passengers on both helicopters has not yet been confirmed.