Three People Killed as Plane Crashes Into Helicopter Near Mount Everest: Reports

Three People Killed as Plane Crashes Into Helicopter Near Mount Everest: Reports
Hospital officials get ready to unload from a helicopter the bodies of plane crash victims outside the Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 14, 2019. Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Updated:

Three people have been killed and four injured after a plane crashed during takeoff near Mount Everest, according to reports.

Aviation official Raj Kumar Chhetri was cited by The Associated Press as saying that a plane belonging to Summit Air was trying to take off from Lukla for Ramechhap, Nepal, on the morning of Sunday, April 14, when it crashed.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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