Nepal army spots wreckage of missing US Marine helicopter
It struck just two and a half weeks after the country was battered by a magnitude-7.8 quake that killed more than 8,200 people. (Source: Reuters)
A Nepalese army rescue helicopter on Friday spotted the wreckage of a missing US Marine chopper in the mountains northeast of Kathmandu.
Nepal’s Defense Secretary Iswori Poudyal says army rescuers have found three bodies at the site where the wreckage was found. Poudyal gave no other details on Friday.
Nepal’s army chief of army operations Major General Binoj Basnyat said ground troops were in the district of Dolakha, where the wreckage was spotted.
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The Marine helicopter was on a rescue and relief mission following the second earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation. Many areas in that mountainous region of Nepal are not reachable by air or road.
The US Embassy in Nepal had no immediate comment Friday.
Tuesday’s magnitude-7.3 quake killed 117 people and injured 2,800. It struck just two and a half weeks after the country was battered by a magnitude-7.8 quake that killed more than 8,200 people.
Source:: Indian Express