JUST IN: SIX tourists confirmed dead in Helicopter crash
TRAGEDY struck when a private commercial helicopter belonging to the Manang Air bearing tail number NA-MV crashed near the Mount Everest region in Nepal, confirmed officials.
The helicopter took off from the Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu with six people aboard, including five Mexican nationals. The chopper lost contact at an altitude above 12,000 feet at 10:13 am, said Gyanendra Bhul, Manager at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), reported PTI.
However, the officials have now confirmed that the helicopter that went missing near the Mount Everest area in Nepal on Tuesday has crashed in a hilly terrain in the country’s eastern region.
Five Mexican nationals of same family and pilot Chet B Gurung were aboard the helicopter.
