Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 9th August. Chinese Embassy in Nepal on Thursday has confirmed that 4 Chinese nationals were killed after a helicopter crashed in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Wednesday afternoon.
“The helicopter belonging to Air Dynasty has crashed. We have found four dead bodies,” Tilak Bharati, spokesperson for the district police, media reported.
He said the helicopter was flying from Kathmandu to Syafrubesi in Rasuwa district when it went down in Nuwakot’s Shivapuri.
The Chinese Embassy confirmed that the four passengers onboard were Chinese nationals, media reported.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement that the helicopter lost contact with the control tower in Kathmandu three minutes after taking off, noted that it crashed at 13:54 local time.
Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has expressed his sadness over the incident.
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