2023 Manang Air helicopter crash

Helicopter crash in Nepal

2023 Manang Air helicopter crash
Accident
Date	11 July 2023 (2023-07-11)
Summary	Crashed shortly after take-off; under investigation
Site	Solukhumbu, Nepal
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Eurocopter AS350 B3e
Operator	Manang Air
Registration	9N-AMV
Flight origin	Surke, Nepal
Destination	Kathmandu, Nepal
Occupants	6
Passengers	5
Crew	1
Fatalities	6
Survivors	0

On 11 July 2023, a Manang Air Eurocopter AS350 carrying five passengers (all Mexican nationals) and one pilot was scheduled to travel from Surke, Solukhumbu to Kathmandu in Nepal.^[1] The aircraft set off from Solukhumbu at 10:05 a.m. local time and lost contact less than 10 minutes later, at 10:13 a.m.^[2] It was later found crashed in Chihandanda of Lamjura in Likhupike, Solukhumbu, due to bad weather.^[3]

References

^ "Manang Air chopper with five Mexicans, pilot missing near Lukla". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "Six killed in Nepal helicopter crash near Mount Everest". CNN.
^ "Manang Air chopper crashes". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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