Nepal’s Manang Air-operated helicopter en route to Kathmandu from Solukhumbu district went missing on Tuesday morning. Later the locals found the chopper crashed at Chihandanda in Lamjura of Bhakanje village. As per reports, the ill-fated helicopter had Captain Chet Bahadur Gurung and five Mexican nationals onboard.
Earlier, the helicopter went missing after it got disconnected from the control tower at around 10 in the morning. According to officials, the helicopter had to alter its flight route due to unfavorable weather conditions. In this regard, Koshi province police stated that the helicopter possibly hit a tree at the hilltop and crashed at the aforementioned location after it went missing for several hours. Meanwhile, the locals retrieved the bodies of all five foreign passengers.