A HELICOPTER carrying 6 people has gone missing near Mount Everest.
The chopper – carrying five foreigners and the pilot – went missing shortly after take-off in the mountainous district of Solukhumba in Nepal.
It went down on radar at 10.13am at an altitude of over 12,000 feet – minutes after take off at 10.05am.
The helicopter was carrying foreign tourists on a sightseeing trip to the world’s highest mountain and was returning to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning.
Five Mexicans and a Nepalese pilot were on board the chopper, Kathmandu airport director Teknath Sitoula said.
The last known GPS position of the helicopter showed it was somewhere in the Lamjura Pass, Gyanendra Bhul, Airport Manager of Tribhuvan International, said. Himalayan period.
It was operated by private company Manang Air and was en route to Kathmandu when it lost its connection.
A search and rescue team has boarded a helicopter in an attempt to find the missing plane.
Officials are tracking and reviewing the chopper’s GPS to determine its location.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal tweeted: “Manang Air helicopter 9N-AMV (AS 50) which took off from Surke (Solukhumbu) to Kathmandu at 10:05 local time has gone missing.
“Total people on board: 6 (5 passengers + 1 captain).
“An Altitude Air flight took off from Kathmandu for a search and rescue operation.”
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