Fishtail Air helicopter missing, crash suspected
Fishtail Air helicopter missing, crash suspected
KATHMANDU: A Fishtail Air helicopter went out of contact while it was ferrying some patients from Gorkha of Kathmandu today.
It has been suspected that the helicopter crashed in Madanpur of Nuwakot district as smoke billowed over a forest.
Frishtail Air Chief Executive Officer Suman Pandey confirmed that the 9N-AKA has gone missing for around last two hours.
“Yes, it is missing, and we are yet to locate the aircraft,” he said.
Commenting on the report of the crash, he commented, “We have sent another helicopter piloted by Captain Ashish Sherchan in the suspected area.”
Meanwhile, Nuwakot Chief District Officer Bishnu Prasad Pokharel said his office received the report from local authorities that the plane crashed in a forest in Madanpur-9 of the district.
“A police team is about to reach the incident site,” he said, “We are also on the way.”
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