KATHMANDU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- One foreign national was killed and another person injured after two helicopters collided while landing at a helipad in northeastern Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Tuesday, officials said.
The helicopters, operated by Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty, respectively, collided at the helipad at around 8:15 a.m. local time, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN).
The authority had received information that the rotors of the two helicopters struck each other during the landing process, Gyanendra Bhul, information officer at CAAN, told Xinhua.
CAAN was making further inquiries to establish additional details about the incident, he said. ■