Six people died when a helicopter returning from a tourist flight crashed near Everest, the world’s highest mountain on the China-Nepal border. A spokesman for the international airport of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, where the helicopter flew, said that all people on board the vehicle, five Mexican tourists and the pilot died in the accident.
The government agency responsible for civil aviation in Nepal said that communications with the helicopter were cut off about eight minutes after it took off to return; The wreck was found in a remote area of Solukhumbu province in the east of the country. During this time, visits to the Everest area are not recommended due to the monsoon season associated with heavy rains and very poor visibility. The rescue operations were made more difficult precisely by the bad weather.
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