News Made Clear · Loading…
Category
Regions
Continents
Indian tourist killed in helicopter collision near Everest Base Camp
Loading statistics…
An Indian tourist died when two helicopters collided as they tried to land near Everest Base Camp. A passenger from New Zealand and a pilot were injured, while the crew of the other aircraft escaped without injury.
Review information is loading.
An Indian tourist has been killed after two helicopters collided while attempting to land near Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, officials have told the BBC. Another tourist and a pilot were injured in the crash, which happened near the village of Pheriche.
The Nepal Civil Aviation Authority said the helicopters appeared to have attempted to land at the same spot. The collision occurred at about 08:15 local time in Pheriche, around 12km south of Everest Base Camp. Fishtail Air identified the victim as Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu and said its helicopter was involved. It said the injured passenger and pilot were taken to Kathmandu. The other helicopter, operated by Air Dynasty, was carrying cargo and had one crew member, who was not injured.
How do we know?
1 listed sources · explore evidence, limitations and provenance.
Sign in to give this article a thumbs up or down.
About this discussion and AI questions
Private test discussion. Comments are readers’ views and are not yet automatically fact-checked. Editing is available for 60 seconds after posting.
Sign in with a confirmed reader account and choose a username to read comments and participate.
Sorting applies to top-level comments; replies remain oldest first. New comments and likes can change the order. Refresh for the current ranking.
Loading comments…