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Tragedy struck near Mount Everest in Nepal as a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed, resulting in the death of at least five people, while one person remains missing, according to officials.
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The ill-fated aircraft, operated by Manang Air, was transporting five Mexican nationals and a Nepali pilot back to Kathmandu, the capital, after a sightseeing excursion to the world’s highest peak on Tuesday. Departing from Surke in the Solukhumbu district at 10:04 local time (04:19 GMT), the helicopter lost contact around 10 minutes later before crashing in the Lamajura area.
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