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KATHMANDU, Nepal, 7 Aug (AP) \u2014 All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed Wednesday in the mountains just northwest of Nepal\u2019s capital, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The bodies of four men and a woman were pulled from the wreckage, said Krishna Prasad Humagai, the government administrator of Nuwakot district.<\/p>\n
Police and army rescuers reached the area and two rescue helicopters were also sent to assist in the operation, the official said.<\/p>\n
The crash site is in the Suryachaur area, which is just northwest of Kathmandu, and is on a mountain covered by forest.<\/p>\n
The helicopter had taken off from Kathmandu international airport at 1:54 p.m. local time and was heading towards the town of Syaprubeshi.<\/p>\n
The helicopter, an Eurocopter AS350 belonging to Nepal-based Air Dynasty, had lost contact with the tower just three minutes after takeoff, according to a statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.<\/p>\n
The four passengers are Chinese nationals, and the pilot is a Nepali man, officials said.<\/p>\n
The crash came two weeks after a passenger plane crashed just after taking off from the Kathmandu airport, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot, who was the lone survivor.<\/p>\n
All the people onboard the Saurya Airlines flight, including the co-pilot, were Nepali except for one passenger, who was a Yemeni national.<\/p>\n
A government investigation has been ordered into the crash of the Bombardier CRJ 200 plane, which was heading to Nepal\u2019s second-most populous city of Pokhara for maintenance work. Most of the passengers aboard were either mechanics or airline employees, airport officials said.<\/p>\n
The pilot has injuries to his eyes has returned home from a hospital.<\/p>\n
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