29-Apr-15 Airbus AS350B Langtang Valley, Nepal (1F)

Accident happened in the rescue operations following a major earthquake which hit Nepal on 25-Apr-15.  Nepalese villagers had demanded to be rescued before the tourists and in the ensuing confusion, a villager was killed by the rotor blades – likely that means “walked into the tail rotor”

Date:
29 April, 2015
Make:
Eurocopter
Model:
AS350
Location:
Langtang Valley
Country:
Nepal
Civil / Military:
Civil
Fatalities:
1
Link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3062368/Villager-killed-helicopter-rotor-blade-locals-fight-tourists-board-rescue-chopper-Nepal.html

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