Kathmandu, September 8
A helicopter with seven people on board crashed in a dense forest area in Nepal on Saturday, killing six of them including a foreigner.
A woman has miraculously survived the accident. The Altitude Air helicopter, AS350 B3e, which had gone missing, crash-landed in the forest area at Meghang Rural Municipality in Nuwakot district, 125 km west of Kathmandu.
The wreckage of the ill-fated chopper piloted by senior captain Nishchal K C with six passengers, including a Japanese trekker, was spotted in a remote location in Nuwakot district, said Nima Nuru Sherpa, Managing Director at Altitude Air Private Limited.
Rescuers recovered six bodies, the report quoted Sherpa as saying. Five Nepalese including senior captain Nischal KC have been killed. The Japanese national who also lost his life was identified as Hiromi Komatsu, 68, it said. — PTI
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