Air Dynasty chopper crashes in Lukla Airport
KATHMANDU, Nepal-A Copter belonging to Air Dynasty crashed while landing at Lukla Airport on Thursday morning leaving four passengers injured.
The tail section of 9N-AEX chopper caught fire after it hit the wire fence of the airport at 8 am, according to district police office, Solukhumbu.
There were five persons, including the crew member, on board.
Passenger Dagelu Sherpa has been critically injured in the crash while Captain Arum Malla, Passenger Lakpa Sherpa and his wife Anita Sherpa received minor injuries.
Meanwhile, critical injured Sherpa has been admitted to Pasang Niki Hospital in Solukhumbu for the initial treatment and preparations are being made to airlift him to the Capital Kathmandu, reports from Lukla said.
The cause of incident is not known yet.
