Six people, including a Nepalese pilot, died in a accident of helicopter near to Mount Everest this Tuesday July 11; Five of them were tourists of Mexican nationality who were on board a tourist helicopter when the accident occurred that took their lives when it crashed near the Lamjura pass, in the Solukhumbu district, as reported by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. .
“Locals and police who arrived at the scene of the accident reported that all 6 people, including the pilot, had died,” as read in the statement issued by the authority. The helicopter that crashed and in which the 5 Mexicans who died along with the pilot, lost contact around 10:13 a.m. Nepal, minutes after it took off from Surke heading to Kathmandu.
A search and rescue helicopter left Kathmandu, but was unable to land at the crash site due to “adverse weather.” For now, the competent authorities are trying to recover the bodies of the mexican tourists to transport them to the helicopter landing zone in Kathmandu, and later send them to Mexico.
The tourist family mexicans who lost his life when the helicopter of the Manang Air company, made up of a couple and their 3 children, rented transportation to see Mount Everest, the highest mountain on the planet from the air. The deadly accident occurred at about 3,300 meters above sea level. The Mexican embassy in India detailed that it is working with the Nepalese authorities to clarify the causes of the accident.
Mexican tourists who died in a helicopter accident on Mount Everest:
- Fernando G. Sifuentes
- Abric González
- Luz Olacio González
- María José G. Sifuentes
- Ismael Rincon
- Pilot's name: Captain C. B Gurung