KATHMANDU, July 11: A helicopter belonging to Manang Air that had gone out of contact has been found crashed in Lamjura areas in Solukhumbu district. The helicopter that flew from Surke, Solukhumbu, to Kathmandu was found crashed in the Lamjura area in the district.

Chief of Koshi Provincial Police Office DIG Rajesh Nath Bastola informed Republica that the helicopter was found in Likhupike Rural -5. According to him, a rescue team led by Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Nirajan Basnet has already left for the crash site.

According to police sources, the bodies of six people on board the helicopter were recovered at the crash site.The helicopter was piloted by Captain Chet Bahadur Gurung. All five foreign passengers are members of a Mexican family. They have been identified as Sifuentes G. Fernando (95) and Sifuentes Rincon Ismail (98), both males, along with three females, namely Sifuentes Gongalez Abril (72), Gongalez Olacio Luz (65) and Sifuentes G. Maria Jese (52).

The helicopter with the call sign 9N-AMV, which had flown from Surke in Solukhumbu to Kathmandu at 9:52 in the morning, lost contact at 10:1 in the morning. Altogether six members including Captain Gurung were on board the ill-fated chopper.

 
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