Mountainous Nepal, where six people were killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, has a history of deadly air crashes.
People hold placards as they take part in a condolence and protest meeting following the plane crash of a Yeti Airlines operated aircraft, in Pokhara on January 15, 2023, in Kathmandu, Nepal January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photowere killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, has a history of deadly air crashes.
Below are details of plane and helicopter crashes this century in the Himalayan country, where several airlines fly to small airports in remote hills and mountains shrouded in clouds and cut off from roads.JULY 11, 2023 Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in central Nepal. The chopper, which departed from Solukhunvhu district, home to Mount Everest and other high mountain peaks, had five Mexican nationals and one Nepali pilot onboard.It was the worst air crash in the country since 1992 when all 167 people aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane were killed when it ploughed into a hill as it tried to land in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.
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