At least five people killed after helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashes near Mount Everest

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At least five people killed after helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashes near Mount Everest

At least five people have been killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest and one person is still missing.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

At least five people have been killed in a helicopter crash near Mount Everest and one person is still missing.

The helicopter - which crashed earlier today (Tuesday, 11 July) in the Lamajura area while on the way to Kathmandu - is reported as having been carrying tourists.

Chief government administrator in the area, Basanta Bhattarai, confirmed five people were pronounced dead - their bodies recovered from the scene - and a search is taking place to find the other sixth person who was in the aircraft.

The helicopter was on its way to Kathmandu.
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Manager at Tribhuvan International Airport, Gyanendra Bhul, said, as per Zee News, the aircraft left Surke Airport at 10:04am but lost contact at around 10:13am.

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Topics: World News

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.