At least five of the six passengers of a helicopter, in which five Mexican tourists were traveling, died this Tuesday when it crashed in the Everest region in Nepal, the Prime Minister of the Asian country lamented, after the authorities lost contact this morning with the device.
Five passengers have died and one is still missing after the helicopter accident, the president of the Himalayan country, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, reported on Twitter, while expressing his regret over the accident.
Six people were traveling in the Manang Air helicopter, five Mexican tourists and the pilot, the operations and security manager of the Nepalese company, Raju Neupane, explained to EFE.
According to Neupane, the authorities lost contact with the aircraft this morning as it flew over the northern district of Solukhumbu, where Mount Everest is located.
The wrecked helicopter was discovered by the local inhabitants of the Likhu Pike municipality, the area’s vice president, Nwang Lhakpa Sherpa, told EFE.
Nepal, where air accidents occur with some frequency, has been the subject of repeated international sanctions for the lack of controls. The European Union (EU) has banned Nepali airlines from accessing its territory since 2013. In February 2019, seven people died after a helicopter crashed with seven passengers on board, including the Nepali Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari. .
The accident took place just months after another Altitude Air helicopter crashed in a jungle area in the Gorkha district in northern Nepal, killing six people, including the pilot, while a passenger survived.
The worst plane crash in recent years in Nepal occurred in January this year, when a Yeti Airlines flight crashed with 72 travelers leaving no survivors, an accident attributed by the authorities to human error.
