{"id":438278,"date":"2026-11-03T11:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T05:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438278"},"modified":"2026-11-03T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T05:32:22","slug":"indian-tourist-killed-another-injured-in-solukhumbu-helicopter-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/11\/03\/438278.html","title":{"rendered":"Indian tourist killed, another injured in Solukhumbu helicopter collision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/heli_3JCBasPnm4_jqsQU0CU7B-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/heli_3JCBasPnm4_jqsQU0CU7B-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/heli_3JCBasPnm4_jqsQU0CU7B-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/heli_3JCBasPnm4_jqsQU0CU7B-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SOLUKHUMBU \u2014 An Indian national was killed and another passenger sustained injuries after two helicopters collided during landing at the Pheriche helipad in Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-4, Solukhumbu, on Tuesday morning.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Civil aviation and police authorities identified the deceased passenger as Basant Kumar, an Indian national. The injured passenger has been identified as Shailesh Kishan Patel.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred at approximately 8:11 AM when aircraft operated by Air Dynasty and Fishtail Air collided while maneuvering at the high-altitude helipad.<sup><\/sup> Emergency responders evacuated Shailesh Kishan Patel via a Prabhu Air helicopter to Lukla for urgent medical care.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to official sources, Captain Rabindra Prajapati, commanding the Air Dynasty aircraft, also sustained injuries in the crash, while Captain Prajwal KC piloted the Fishtail Air helicopter.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) and local law enforcement have launched an investigation into the cause of the rotor blade contact during landing.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLUKHUMBU \u2014 An Indian national was killed and another passenger sustained injuries after two helicopters collided during landing at the Pheriche helipad in Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-4, Solukhumbu, on Tuesday morning. Civil aviation and police authorities identified the deceased passenger as Basant Kumar, an Indian national. The injured passenger has been identified as Shailesh &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":438279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-438278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438280,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438278\/revisions\/438280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438278"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}