Kathmandu: A helicopter from Nepal’s Manang Air crashed in a mountainous region on Saturday, injuring its pilot, a senior official of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority has said.
The chopper 9N ANJ, which had taken off from Lukla near the Everest base camp to pick up passengers, slightly overturned and caught fire while attempting to land in Lobuche in North-East Nepal, said Jagannath Niraula, deputy director at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.
Pilot Prakash Sedhai, who was the only person in it, sustained injuries, the officer said, adding that the injured pilot had been airlifted to Kathmandu for medical treatment. The reason for the crash has not been ascertained yet.
