Helicopter collision near Everest base camp kills Indian tourist, injures two
Al Jazeera reported on 3 November that a mid-air collision near Mount Everest’s base camp on 1 November killed a 47-year-old Indian tourist and injured two others. Earlier reports identified the aircraft as a Fishtail Air helicopter and an Air Dynasty helicopter that collided while attempting to land at the Pheriche helipad in Solukhumbu District; the crash left the Indian passenger dead and wounded a New Zealand passenger and a Nepali pilot, according to News18. NDTV initially said the collision at the Solukhumbu heliport resulted in one death and one injury.