Tragedy in Nepal: a helicopter crashed, caught fire and seven people on board were burned to death

Seven people died in Nepal after the helicopter in which they were traveling accident in a mountainous area from the east of the country, informed the Nepalese Ministry of the Interior.

The plane, owned by Air Dinasty, crashed in the district of Taplejung. Pbadengers, including the country's tourism minister, Rabindra Adhikari, and a prominent aviation business man, were traveling to Chuhandanda to discuss the possibility construction of a landing strip.

A witness mentioned by The Kathmandu station He explained that the plane He crashed into a ravine and caught fire. Six of the bodies appeared to have been burned together, while the seventh body was located near the place where the accident had occurred.

Nepal has suffered several plane crashes in recent years. In September 2018, six people lost their lives following the fall of a helicopter in a forest area in the center of the country.

Air insecurity

Last September another helicopter from the Altitude Air company crashed in a jungle in Gorkha district, northern Nepal. The incident caused the deaths of six people, including the pilot, while one pbadenger survived.

The worst plane crash of recent years occurred in March 2018 when a plane from the Bangladeshi US-Bangla airline of Dhaka crashed during the flight maneuver. landing at the international airport of Kathmandu, Nepalese capital, with 67 pbadengers and four crew members on board: 51 people died.

Nepal, with frequent aircraft accidents, is subject to repeated international sanctions for lack of control, according to EFE. In fact, the European Union has banned access to Nepalese airlines on its territory since 2013.