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Indian tourist killed in helicopter collision in Nepal

By , based on Sowetan and Bénin Web TV

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An Indian tourist was killed and a New Zealand national injured when two helicopters collided near Everest in Nepal on 3 November, according to Sowetan and Bénin Web TV. Bénin Web TV reports that both pilots were also injured and that the injured were evacuated to Kathmandu.

Bénin Web TV specifies that the collision happened at about 8.11am local time in Pheriche, in Solukhumbu district. The New Zealand passenger and both pilots were injured, according to local police, and were evacuated to Kathmandu for treatment.

Police had not confirmed the total number of people aboard the two aircraft. The helicopters, operated by Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, are used in this mountainous region, which has no roads, to evacuate hikers and guides forced to end their journeys because of illness or exhaustion, Bénin Web TV reports.

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