Helicopter crashes in quake-hit Nepal; 4 killed

June 02, 2015 18:03

Details have emerged on chopper crash in Nepal.

At least four people including a woman were killed today when a helicopter carrying relief materials crashed in one of the worst quake-hit mountainous regions in Nepal.

Nepal police said the chopper of Kathmandu-based Mountain Helicopters came down in a forested area north of the capital.

It was returning to Kathmandu when it crashed at Yamuna Balefi Village in Sindhupalchowk district.

Bodies of three men and a woman were recovered by Nepalese troops from the crash site. Rescuers were trying to take the bodies to Kathmandu, a senior official said. The chopper had caught fire. Another helicopter has been dispatched to the crash site.

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