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Video: Nepal helicopter's tail crashes into rotor of another chopper, both crash

Video: Nepal helicopter's tail crashes into rotor of another chopper, both crash

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A 47‑year‑old Indian national was killed and another passenger injured when two helicopters collided while landing on Tuesday in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, near Mt Everest. Police said the rotor blades of the two aircraft struck each other during the landing manoeuvre. Indian authorities are working in close coordination with Nepali officials for the early repatriation of the deceased’s remains.

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  • left · 3 outlets

    Kathmandu: A 47-year-old Indian national was killed and another passenger injured when two helicopters collided while landing on Tuesday, November 3, in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, police said. The two helicopters collided while landing at Pheriche in Ward 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural…

    — The Siasat Daily

  • center · 12 outlets

    Kathmandu, Nov 3: The foreign national killed in a helicopter collision in Nepal on Tuesday has been identified as an Indian, officials said. One person was killed and another injured when two helicopters collided in the mountainous Solukhumbu district of eastern Nepal on Tuesday morning. Deputy…

    — The Shillong Times

  • right · 5 outlets

    An Indian tourist was killed and another person injured after two helicopters collided while approaching a landing site in Nepal's Mount Everest region on Tuesday (November 3). The incident occurred at the Pheriche helipad in Solukhumbu district, where the two aircraft crashed into each other while…

    — ABP Live

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Rising Kashmir Center Rising Kashmir

India condoles death of Indian national in Nepal helicopter collision, assures early repatriation of mortal remains

New Delhi , November 3 : India on Tuesday expressed condolences over the death of an Indian national in a mid-air collision involving two helicopters during their landing sequence in Nepal's Solukhumbu district and assured that efforts were being made for the early repatriation of the mortal…

The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

Indian national killed after two small helicopters collide in Nepal's Solukhumbu

KATHMANDU: A 47-year-old Indian national, Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu, lost his life when two helicopters collided while landing at Pheriche in Ward 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality in Nepal's Solukhumbu district. One other passenger is severely injured in the accident. The helicopters…

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