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Five Mexican tourists and a pilot died on Tuesday When the helicopter they were traveling near Everest in Nepal crashed, Nepalese police confirmed it was an accident in
Five Mexican tourists and a pilot died on Tuesday When the helicopter they were traveling near Everest in Nepal crashed, Nepalese police confirmed it was an accident in which no one survived.
Six dead have been found, but bad weather hinders efforts transport the bodies to Nepal’s capital, he said EFE Solukhumbu District Deputy Superintendent Deepak Kumar Shrestha.
The Manang Air helicopter carried a Nepalese pilot and five Mexican citizens from the same family, a married couple and their three children, who rented an apparatus to see from the air the highest mountain on the planet, said EFE Nepalese company operations and security manager Raju Neupane.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has identified the dead Mexican tourists as Fernando Cifuentes, Abrik Gonzalez, Luz Gonzalez Olacio, Maria José Cifuentes and Ismael Rincónand the Nepalese pilot KB Gurung.
According to the source, the crash site is located near 3300 meters above sea level and two helicopters sent by the authorities to retrieve the bodies were unable to land due to heavy rain.
Authorities lost contact with the plane this morning while flying over the northern region of Solukhumbuwhere Mount Everest is located, Neupane added.
The crashed helicopter was discovered by locals Lihu Pike Municipality, told EFE Zone Vice President Nwang Lhakpa Sherpa.
The Mexican Embassy in India assured that is in touch and works with the authorities of Nepal learning about the accident.
@EmbaMexInd maintains constant communication and is working with the Nepalese authorities in connection with the tragic helicopter crash that occurred today. pic.twitter.com/obVCgQjgfL
— Embassy of Mexico in India 🇲🇽 (@EmbaMexInd) July 11, 2023
Nepal, where plane crashes happen quite often, was the subject repeated international sanctions due to lack of control.
The European Union (EU) has denied access to their territory Nepalese airlines since 2013.
They died in February 2019 seven people after helicopter crash with seven passengers on board, including Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Rabindra Adhikari.
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The accident comes just months after another Altitude Air helicopter crashed in the jungle in the Gorkha region of northern Nepal, killing two people. six people, including the pilot, but the passenger survived.
The worst plane crash in recent years in Nepal occurred in January of this year, when a Yeti Airlines plane crashed with 72 travelers leaving no survivors, an accident attributed by the authorities to human error.
(According to information from EFE And Aristegui News)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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