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Three-member team to probe Altitude Air helicopter crash

Wreckage of an Altitude Air helicopter that crashed in Nuwakot district, on Saturday, September 8, 2018.

Kathmandu, September 10

The government of Nepal on Sunday formed a three-member committee to investigate into the crash of a helicopter belonging to Altitude Air in Meghang of Nuwakot district.

Six persons including the crew members had died in the accident on Saturday. One of the passengers, however, had survived.

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has formed the team consisting  its Joint Secretary Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane as coordinator and Simrik Airlines’ senior captain Siddhartha Jung Gurung and Summit Air’s senior engineer Meghendra Kumar Shrestha as members.

The team has been authorised to find out causes of the accident and recommend security measures to avoid similar incidents in the future.

The panel has been told to submit its report at the earliest. However, no specific deadline has been fixed.

 

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