A collision between a Fishtail Air and an Air Dynasty helicopter at a helipad in Solukhumbu district, northeastern Nepal, on Tuesday, November 3, resulted in one fatality and one injury. Local time was 8:15 a.m. when the two aircraft struck each other during their landing manivers, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
Gyanendra Bhul, an information officer at CAAN, told Xinhua that the rotors of the two helicopters had collided during the arrival process. CAAN received the information that the rotors struck each other, and the agency confirmed that one foreign national was killed while another person sustained injuries.
The incident involved a Fishtail Air helicopter and an Air Dynasty helicopter, both conducting standard landing operations on the same helipad. While the specific circumstances leading to the collision have not yet been fully determined, CAAN has announced that it will continue to investigate the exact details of the accident.
At present, the only confirmed outcomes are the loss of life of the foreign national and the injuries sustained by the other passenger. CAAN said additional information would be released as the investigation progresses.
