Manang Airs helicopter crashed on Saturday in a hilly area of Nepal, injuring its pilot, according to a senior member of the nations Civil Aviation Authority.More on the survivorThe lone person aboard, pilot Prakash Sedhai, suffered injuries, the officer reported, adding that the injured pilot had been flown to Kathmandu for medical attention. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.Austorities speak upAccording to Jagannath Niraula, deputy director at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, the helicopter 9N ANJ, which had taken off from Lukla near the Everest base camp to pick up passengers, slightly overturned and caught fire while attempting to land in Lobuche in north-east Nepal.Decoding the mishapIn the foothills of the Himalayas, as the twin-engine ATR 72-500 plane approached Pokhara International Airport, it crashed into a canyon. At an elevation of roughly 820 meters, the accident site is located approximately 1.6 kilometers from the runway.Not the first timeIn July, a Manang Air helicopter crash-landed at Lamjura in the Likhupike Rural Municipality of the Solukhumbu area, had lost communication early on July 11 and was later discovered to have crashed in Chihandanda of Lamjura, which is located between Jiri and Phaplu, killing Captain Chet Bahadur Gurung and five citizens of Mexico, which is located between Jiri and Phaplu.About Manang AirManang Air is a helicopter carrier based in Kathmandu that was established in 1997. Under the rules of the Nepalese Civil Aviation Authority, it uses helicopters for commercial air transportation inside the country of Nepal.
