At least five of the six passengers in a helicopterin which five were traveling mexican tourists, died on Tuesday when they crashed in the Everest region of Nepallamented the prime minister of the Asian country, after the authorities lost contact this morning with the device.
Five passengers died and one is still missing after the helicopter crashThe Himalayan country’s president, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said on Twitter, expressing regret over the accident.
Six people were traveling in the Manang Air helicopter, five Mexican tourists and the pilot, the operations and security manager of the Nepalese company, Raju Neupane, explained to EFE.
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According to Neupane, authorities lost contact with the aircraft this morning as it flew over the northern district of Solukhumbuwhere Mount Everest is located.
The wrecked helicopter was discovered by the local inhabitants of the Likhu Pike municipality, the area’s vice president, Nwang Lhakpa Sherpa, told EFE.
A ‘known’ danger zone
Nepal, where air accidents occur with some frequency, It has been the subject of repeated international sanctions for the lack of controls.
The European Union (EU) has banned access to its territory for Nepali airlines since 2013.
In February 2019, seven people died after a helicopter with seven passengers on board crashed, including the Nepali Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari.
The accident took place just months after another Altitude Air helicopter crashed in a jungle area in the Gorkha district of northern Nepal, killing six people, including the pilot, while a passenger survived. .
The worst plane crash in recent years in Nepal occurred in January this year, when a Yeti Airlines flight crashed with 72 travelers leaving no survivors, an accident attributed by the authorities to human error.
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