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New Delhi: The wreckage of the helicopter that went missing in Nepal on Tuesday has been recovered. The bodies of the Captain and the five Mexican citizens present in it have also been found. The debris was found near the border of Likhu PK village and Dudhkunda Nagar, also known as Lamajura Danda. The citizens of the village informed the authorities about this. According to reports, the helicopter was being flown by Senior Captain Chhet Gurung.
According to information, the people of the village told that soon after the crash, the helicopter exploded and caught fire. Earlier on Tuesday morning, the helicopter went missing near Mount Everest. According to Nepal aviation officials, the Manang Air chopper took off from Sukri for Kathmandu at 10:04 am.
Nepal Civil Aviation Authority official Gyanendra Bhul said the helicopter lost contact with the control tower at 10:13 a.m. 10 minutes after take-off and disappeared from the radar. However, the information about why the helicopter crashed has not been revealed yet.
At the time when contact with the helicopter was lost, it was flying at an altitude above 12,000 feet. A high altitude helicopter has been dispatched for the rescue mission and to track the missing chopper. The last location of the missing helicopter is being told near Lamjura pass.
