19.12°C Kathmandu
Mon, Sep 21, 2026
National
Heli Everest cargo chopper crashes in Mt Dhaulagiri, pilot survives
The helicopter took off from the Italian Base Camp for Dhaulagiri Base Camp at 11:01am.
bookmark
Post Report
Published at : April 9, 2023
Updated at : April 9, 2023 12:50
Kathmandu
A cargo chopper of Heli Everest crashed in the western part of Mt Dhaulagiri area on Sunday.
According to a Heli Everest official, pilot Priya Adhikari survived the crash.
According to Pratap Babu Tiwari, general manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, the helicopter took off from the Italian Base Camp for Dhaulagiri Base Camp at 11:01 am and went out of contact after flying for 1.6 nautical miles.
The cargo chopper with the registration mark 9N-ANB was flown by Adhikari.
The details are yet to be known.
Most Read from National
Floods wash away 1,806 hectares of farmland, threaten food supplies
Explainer: Why and how EVs catch fire
Inside the five days when Army headquarters became Nepal’s political centre
In a surprise to the foreign ministry, Rubio calls Lamichhane
Families of missing foreign nationals want answers Nepal can’t give
Editor's Picks
What triggered the Rasuwa flood? Scientists piece together a complex chain of events
The floods keep coming. Nepal keeps starting over
In a settlement destroyed by the Bhotekoshi flood, a disabled couple offer strangers the little they have
Nepal working on detailed assessment as Bhotekoshi flood reconstruction could cost up to $5 billion
Rabindra Dhant gave Nepal a reason to smile. Now his camp wants real action behind the praise
E-PAPER | September 21, 2026
×