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Indian tourist killed, three injured as two helicopters collide in Nepal's Mount Everest region

Indian tourist killed, three injured as two helicopters collide in Nepal's Mount Everest region

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An Indian tourist was killed and a person of Indian origin injured when two helicopters collided while landing near Mount Everest base camp in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district on Tuesday. Police said the rotor blades of the aircraft struck each other during the landing manoeuvre. Indian authorities are working with Nepali officials for the early repatriation of the deceased’s remains.

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    Chennai: A 47-year-old Chennai man has been killed in a mid-air helicopter collision in Nepal's Solukhumbu district, police said on Wednesday. The victim, B Vasanthakumar, who went to Nepal as a tourist, was aboard a Fishtail Air helicopter that collided with an Air Dynasty chopper on Tuesday…

    — Deccan Herald

  • center · 1 outlet

    Shailesh Krishna Patel, a New Zealand citizen of Indian origin who was also aboard the same helicopter, was injured in the collision.

    — Hindustan Times

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Shailesh Krishna Patel, a New Zealand citizen of Indian origin who was also aboard the same helicopter, was injured in the collision.

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Indian tourist killed, three injured as two helicopters collide in Nepal's Mount Everest region

Shailesh Krishna Patel, a New Zealand citizen of Indian origin who was also aboard the same helicopter, was injured in the collision.

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