US EditionNepal: Altitude Air's rescue helicopter crashes near Everest base camp
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A cyclone brings with it heavy snowfall in the Himalayas - and again climbers are stuck in the base camp on Mount Everest. A helicopter is supposed to save them. However, when landing, the helicopter flips over. The pilot remains intact.
Helicopter crashed during rescue as rare heavy snowfall shuts down Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet
A powerful weather system, causing unseasonably dangerous and impassable conditions, has closed the Nepali and Chinese sides of the Everest region to tourism after a helicopter crashed in deep...
Helicopter crashes during rescue amid unseasonably heavy snowfall that halts Everest tourism in Nepal, Tibet
The Nepali and Chinese sides of the Everest region were closed to tourism on Wednesday due to unseasonally heavy snow, and a helicopter crashed in deep snowdrifts as it tried to rescue stranded trekkers.
A rescue helicopter crashed Wednesday in Lobuche, near Everest Base Camp, while assisting tourists stranded by heavy snowfall. The pilot, the sole occupant, was rescued alive and is reported to be out of danger, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN). Air crash in Nepal: rescue helicopter breaks in two during storm. The helicopter, identified by registration number 9N-AMS, was attempting to land when it lost control on snow-co…
On Mount Everest climbers are in need again. A helicopter crashed during the rescue operation. Further snowfalls are expected.
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