Posted on 07/11/2023 11:51:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
A helicopter crash in Nepal, near Mount Everest, has left six people dead, according to Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority. File Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA-EFE July 11 (UPI) -- A helicopter crash in Nepal, near Mount Everest, has left six people dead.
Five of the victims were Mexican citizens on a sightseeing tour, while the sixth was a Nepalese pilot.
The passengers, who have been identified as Maria Jose Sifuentes, Fernando Sifuentes, Abric Gonzalez, Ismael Rincon and Olacio Luz Gonzalez, were all from the same family. The pilot was identified as Nepalese citizen Chet B. Gurung, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.
The Manang Air Airbus H125 helicopter took off from Surke on Tuesday morning and lost contact with ground controllers at about 10:13 a.m.
The helicopter's wreckage was discovered at about 13,000 feet in the Lamjura Pass.
Two helicopters from the private company Altitude Air were dispatched to try and reach the crash site but were unable to land because of weather conditions. Authorities say the victims' bodies eventually will be brought to helicopters via ground transportation.
"Locals and police who reached the crashed site reported all six persons including pilot dead," the Nepalese Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
Authorities said "efforts are being made to carry the dead bodies by ground transportation to the helicopter landing area and further to Kathmandu."
Earlier this year, a plane crash in Nepal killed 72 people.
Most crashes in Nepal are caused by a phenomenon known as "controlled flight into terrain," in which an aircraft slams into terrain that is obscured by clouds or weather.
Of 73 aircraft crashes in Nepal, which have caused 935 deaths since 1962, about 90% were the result of the phenomenon, and the majority of crashes took place during the monsoon season.
Have a co-worker originally from Cambodia, whose birth name is Kunvichet, and he goes by Chet.
Years ago Air New Zealand had sightseeing flights over Antarctica. I really wanted to do it and was making plans to book one when I read about the crash. Everyone on board killed.That was the last flight.
Jane Dornacker is another one.
Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, Bill Hailey, Lynard Skynard members, Rickie Nelson are other ones I can think of
Yes the those you named were plane crash victims but I’m not sure any of those were the controlled flight into terrain phenomenon like the one in this story.
Not many air molecules up high for any chopper.
Remember the ‘Far side” where the 2 pilots are looking out the windshield of the plane at the parting clouds and a mountain goat standing right there....
Hover ceiling OGE: 12,600 ft (EASA certification Q1 2021) Hover ceiling IGE: 13,250 ft
(in ground effect/outside ground effect)
“That phenomenon has taken quite a few entertainers over the years.....Patsy Cline and Stevie Ray Vaughn come to mind.”
I remember seeing the report about Patsy Cline on TV in Nashville when it happened, I was 13. Big news.
Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and other acquaintances. I am sorry I don’t remember their names. Foggy weather with a non IFR certified pilot. Over southern California.
Umm, sorry it’s not a phenomenon. Controlled flight into terrain is fook’n pilot error.
Formerly the AS350 Ecureuil. Decent ‘copter, except it’s one of the few skid-type ‘copters that can experience ground resonance. Shakes itself to pieces and there’s nothing you can do but hold on until the ride ends.
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