2 killed, 5 injured in Summit Air flight crash at Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal

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New Delhi: At least two people were killed and five others were injured when a Summit Air flight carrying them collided with a stationary helicopter at Tenzing-Hillary airport in Nepal's Solukhumbu district on Sunday.

News agency ANI, quoting a Nepal-based newspaper said that the flight was taking off for Kathmandu from the Lukla airport.

Nepal: 2 people killed, 5 injured in Summit Air flight crash at Tenzing–Hillary-Lukla airport. The aircraft had collided with a parked chopper at the airport. — ANI (@ANI) April 14, 2019

The injured, including a police officer, have been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment