A major accident happened in Nepal. The rotor blades of Fishtail Air and Dynasty Air collided during landing at Feriche helipad in Solukhumbu on Tuesday morning. A foreign national died in this accident, while another person was injured.
According to preliminary information, the accident occurred when both the helicopters were landing on the helipad. There was chaos on the spot after the collision. The person injured in the accident has been taken for treatment. Detailed information about the cause of the accident and other people aboard the helicopters is awaited.
“One person was killed and another injured in the collision between two helicopters at Ferreche Heliport in Solukhumbu,” Nepal Police told X-Post. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal information officer Gyanendra Bhul told local media outlet Onlinekhabar that the rotor blades of the two helicopters collided while landing at the Feriche helipad. He said that efforts are being made to gather detailed information related to the incident.
According to the police, the reason for this accident which took place in Feriche, a township of the Himalayan region, is not yet clear. The matter is being investigated and other facts related to the accident are being ascertained. The Everest region of Solukhumbu district is a major center of international tourism due to the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. There is constant movement of foreign climbers and tourists here. Helicopters are regularly used to transport passengers as well as for emergency rescue operations in inaccessible mountainous areas.
How did the accident happen?
Local police said that two helicopters collided with each other while trying to land near Everest in Nepal on Tuesday, leading to this accident. According to the police, the horrific accident took place at Fereche in the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu rural municipality ward of Solukhumbu district. District police say that the incident occurred when helicopters of Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty collided while landing. This accident happened at 8:11 am local time.
Indian citizen killed, another injured in accident
A 47-year-old Indian national was killed and another passenger injured when two helicopters collided while landing at a helipad in Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Tuesday. Police gave this information. According to a statement issued by Nepal Police, the collision occurred on Tuesday at Pheriche Helipad located in Ward No. 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality of Solukhumbu district, where two helicopters were trying to land.
According to the Solukhumbu District Police Office, the two helicopters operated by 'Fishtail Air' and 'Air Dynasty' collided at around 8.11 am local time. Police Inspector Mausam Tamang said that the deceased has been identified as Indian national Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu and was traveling in a Fishtail Air helicopter. He said that Indian origin Shailesh Krishna Patel (49), a resident of New Zealand, who was traveling in the same helicopter, was also injured.
The injured were taken to Kathmandu for examination.
According to Tamang, Patel was airlifted to Medicity Hospital in Kathmandu in a Prabhu helicopter. Fishtail Air pilot Ravindra Prajapati and Air Dynasty pilot Prajwal KC were also injured in this accident. Both the Nepalese nationals have been taken to Kathmandu for treatment. Pheriche lies on the way to Mount Everest Base Camp, located 150 kilometers north-east of Kathmandu. Police said the body of Balaramaramadu has been taken to a hospital in Lukla. The number of passengers aboard both the helicopters at the time of the accident has not been confirmed yet.