नेपाल में हेलिकॉप्टर क्रैश, चीनी नागरिकों समेत 5 की मौत: उड़ान भरने के 3 मिनट बाद संपर्क टूटा था; 15 दिन में दूसरा हादसा

Fire broke out after the helicopter crash.

A helicopter crashed in Nepal’s Nuwakot on Wednesday afternoon. 5 people have died in the accident. These include 4 Chinese citizens and a pilot. The Air Dynasty helicopter was going from the capital Kathmandu to Rasuwa.

As soon as the incident was reported, the rescue team was sent to the spot. According to the local media of Nepal, the helicopter took off from Tribhuvan International Airport at 1:45 pm.

Contact with the helicopter was lost about 3 minutes later. However, the reason for the accident is not known. The deceased include 3 men and a woman, one of the bodies could not be identified due to excessive burning.

Helicopter crash in pictures

Security personnel are removing pieces of the bodies of the dead after the helicopter crash.

After the crash, Nepal Police reached the spot and conducted a rescue operation.

Security personnel at the scene

Second crash in 15 days
A plane crashed in Nepal 15 days ago on 24 July. 18 people died in this. The plane took off from Tribhuvan Airport at around 11 am on 24 July. It crashed shortly after that. The 9N-AME plane belonged to Saurya Airlines.

Of the people killed in the accident, 17 were staff of Saurya Airlines, while the remaining 2 were crew members. Of the 18 people killed in the accident, three were from the same family. These included Mun Raj Sharma, his wife Preeja Khatiwada and their four-year-old son Adi Raj Sharma.

Actually, this 21-year-old plane was being taken for testing after repair. The people present in the plane were the company’s testing staff. According to Kathmandu Post, immediately after the accident, a team of police and fire fighters reached the spot for rescue operation.

A security official said that the plane caught fire after the crash. It was extinguished immediately. Pictures from the scene showed smoke rising.

There have been 12 plane crashes in Nepal in 14 years
The air industry in Nepal has grown a lot in the last few years. It is providing services even in many difficult and mountainous areas. However, accidents happen here often due to poor safety system and lack of training.

On an average, one plane crash occurs every year in Nepal. Since 2010, 12 plane crashes have occurred. A major plane crash occurred here on 14 January 2023. The Yeti Airlines plane crashed in Pokhara, 205 km from Kathmandu. It was an ATR-72 plane, carrying 68 passengers and four crew members.

The plane collided with a hill just 10 seconds before landing at Pokhara International Airport. This caused the plane to catch fire and it fell into a ditch. All 72 people died in the accident. Earlier on May 29, 2022, an airplane crashed in Mustang district. 22 people died in this accident.

In 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed near Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu. 51 people died in this, while 20 were seriously injured. Seeing the frequent plane accidents in Nepal, the European Union has banned Nepalese carriers in its airspace.