A 47-year-old man from Chennai was killed in a collision between two helicopters in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district on Tuesday.
Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu had moved to Canada for work a few years ago, officials from the Commissionerate of Rehabilitation and Welfare of Non-Resident Tamils said.
The incident left Balaramudu dead, while three others, including a passenger and the pilots of the two helicopters, sustained injuries. Shailesh Krishna Patel, a New Zealand citizen of Indian origin who was travelling in the Fishtail Air helicopter, was injured. He was travelling in a Fishtail Air helicopter when it collided with an Air Dynasty chopper at around 8:11 am while landing at Pheriche in Ward 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality, according to a statement by the District Police Office. The collision took place at Pheriche village, located at an altitude of around 4,200 metres (13,780 feet).
He was airlifted to Medicity Hospital in Kathmandu aboard a Prabhu Air helicopter after receiving initial assistance in Lukla, according to police. The Embassy of India in Kathmandu expressed its condolences over the death of the Indian national and said it was coordinating with Nepalese authorities for the early repatriation of his mortal remains.
