Indian tourist killed after helicopters collide near Everest base camp

BBC News · Jacob Phillips · 2026-11-03 11:51 UTC

The two aircraft crashed just metres from the ground after trying to land at the same spot.

An Indian tourist has died after two helicopters collided while attempting to land near the base camp of Mount Everest, two officials have confirmed to the BBC.

Verified footage of the crash showed the helicopter blades of the two aircraft clipping each other as they came into land at around 08:15 local time (02:30 GMT) in Pheriche, approximately 12km (7 miles) south of Mount Everest Base Camp.

Helicopter company Fishtail Air named the man killed in the crash as Vasanth Kumar Balaramudu.

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