A 47-year-old Indian national was killed and another passenger injured when two helicopters collided while landing on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, police said.
The number of passengers aboard the two helicopters at the time of the collision has yet to be confirmed. Nepalese pilots, Rabindra Prajapati of Fishtail Air and Prajwal KC of Dynasty Air, were also injured in the incident and have been taken to Kathmandu for further treatment. The two helicopters collided while landing at Pheriche in Ward 4 of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality of Solukhumbu district on Tuesday (November 3, 2026), according to a Nepal Police statement. The helicopters, operated by Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, collided at around 8.11 a.m. (local time), according to the District Police Office, Solukhumbu.
Police Inspector Mausam Tamang said the deceased was identified as Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu, an Indian national travelling aboard the Fishtail Air helicopter. Police said the body of Balaramaramadu has been taken to a hospital in Lukla. Police said they were gathering further details of the incident.
