KATHMANDU, Aug 7 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Four Chinese passengers and the pilot were killed when a helicopter crashed in the Nuwakot district of Nepal's Bagmati Province on Wednesday afternoon, Xinhua reported.
“Five people onboard the helicopter, including the pilot, have been killed. We have recovered all the bodies,” Nepal Police spokesperson Dan Bahadur Karki told Xinhua.
The helicopter, belonging to Nepal's Air Dynasty, was flying from Kathmandu to Syafrubesi in the Rasuwa district when it crashed in Nuwakot's Shivapuri, Tilak Bharati, spokesperson for Nuwakot district police said.
The helicopter, with four Chinese passengers aboard, lost contact with the control tower in Kathmandu three minutes after take-off, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said in a statement. The crash occurred at 13:54 local time.
The Chinese Embassy in Nepal has confirmed that four Chinese nationals were killed in the accident.
Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his sadness over the incident.
On July 24, a domestic plane crashed during take-off at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, resulting in 18 deaths and one injury.
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