[1/5] People unload the body from air transport of a person killed in a helicopter crash belonging to Manang air, at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal July 11, 2023.
REUTERS/Navesh ChitrakarKATHMANDU, July 11 (Reuters) - Authorities in Nepal have retrieved the bodies of all six people killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, including five Mexican nationals, officials said, the latest in a series of air disasters to strike the Himalayan nation.
The helicopter was operated by Manang Air, which ferries tourists seeking a view of the country's towering peaks, including Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
"We have already dispatched four bodies to Kathmandu in a helicopter and are preparing to send the remaining two soon," Bhattarai told Reuters from the crash site.
Nepal's worst air crash in 30 years killed 71 people in January, when a plane went down near the tourist city of Pokhara.
Persons:
Mount Everest, Basanta Bhattarai, Bhattarai, Sita Adhikari, Nima Tshering Sherpa, Teknath Sitoula, Raju Neupane, Gopal Sharma, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Ed Osmond, Clarence Fernandez, Mark Heinrich Our
Organizations:
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, REUTERS, Authorities, Manang, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Kathmandu, Nepal, KATHMANDU, Likkhu, Solukhumbu, Nepali, Pokhara