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PTC Web Desk: An Indian man has died and several others were injured after two helicopters hit each other while landing in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district on Tuesday, the police said.
The accident happened at Pheriche, in Ward 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, at around 8.11 am local time. The two helicopters belonged to Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, according to the District Police Office in Solukhumbu.
Police Inspector Mausam Tamang said the man who died was 47-year-old Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu from India. He was a passenger in the Fishtail Air helicopter. His body has been taken to a hospital in Lukla.
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Another passenger on the same helicopter, 49-year-old Shailesh Krishna Patel, was injured. He is an Indian-origin resident of New Zealand. He was flown to Mediciti Hospital in Kathmandu on a Prabhu Helicopter.
Both pilots were hurt too. Rabindra Prajapati of Fishtail Air and Prajwal KC of Air Dynasty have been taken to Kathmandu for treatment.
The police have not yet confirmed how many people were on board the two helicopters. Officers are still collecting details about the accident.
Pheriche lies on the trekking route to Mount Everest Base Camp, about 150 km northeast of Kathmandu.
More details are awaited.
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