Helicopter Crash at Nepal Base Camp
Radio Australia | Jun. 30, 2008
A helicopter has crash landed at a remote Himalayan base camp in Nepal.
No one has been injured.
The helicopter was flying three French trekkers to the nearby tourist hub of Pokhara.
Ashish Sherchan, the director of Fishtail Air, says his company's helicopter had a minor accident when it was taking off from Annapurna base camp.
The three tourists were later taken by army helicopter to Pokhara, 150 kilometres northwest of Kathmandu.