What is 2023 Manang Air helicopter crash?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | name = 2023 Manang Air helicopter crash |image = |image_upright = 1.2 |caption = | occurrence_type = Accident | date = {{start date|2023|07|11}} | summary = Crashed shortly after take-off; under investigation | site = [[Solukhumbu District|Solukhumbu]], [[Nepal]] | aircraft_type = [[Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil#AS350 B3|Eurocopter AS350 B3e]] | aircraft_name = | operator = [[Manang Air]] | coordinates = | tail_number = 9N-AMV | origin = [[Solukhumbu District|Surke]], [[Nepal]] | destination = [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]] | occupants = 6 | passengers = 5 | crew = 1 | fatalities = 6 | injuries = | missing = | survivors = 0 }} On July 11, 2023, [[Manang Air|Manang Air's]] [[Airbus]] Helicopters H125 was supposed to travel from Surke, Solukhumbu to [[Kathmandu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Manang Air chopper with five Mexicans, pilot missing near Lukla |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/manang-air-chopper-with-five-mexicans-pilot-missing-near-lukla |publisher=The Himalayan Times |access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref> The aircraft left Solukhumbu at 10:05 a.m. local time. It lost contact less than 10 minutes later.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Six killed in Nepal helicopter crash near Mount Everest |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/11/asia/six-killed-nepal-helicopter-crash-intl-scli/index.html |work=CNN |location= |access-date=}}</ref> It was later found crashed in Chihandanda of Lamjura in [[Likhupike Rural Municipality|Likhupike]], [[Solukhumbu District|Solukhumbu]], Nepal. The crash was caused by bad weather.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manang Air chopper crashes |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/07/11/manang-air-chopper-goes-out-of-contact |publisher=The Kathmandu Post |access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|Transport|Asia}} [[Category:July 2023 events]] [[Category:2023 disasters in As