Nepal Helicopter Crash: 3D reconstruction of the rotor collision at the Pheriche helipad, 3 November 2026.
Watch the full film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uwWyggjFPSA
Two helicopters, one flying in from Gorakshep and one from Lukla, reached the same waypoint above a snowy pad at about 8:11 in the morning. Their rotors met during landing. One passenger died. This film rebuilds the moment from a 59-second webcam clip and the first official statements, then lays out what the record still can't say: who was meant to land first, whose blades struck what, and what each pilot said on the radio. Coverage to 5 November 2026; a five-member committee of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal is investigating and no report has been published.
0:00 Two helicopters, one pad
0:30 Eight eleven: two flights, one waypoint
2:44 The pad at the top of the world
3:53 Two radios, no black box
5:01 An investigation into the accident has begun
6:10 Seven years earlier, at the gateway below
6:57 Second four: two dozen on the snow
8:33 What we know. What we don't.
Sources
- Fiscal Nepal, 3 Nov 2026 (CAAN quotes): https://www.fiscalnepal.com/2026/11/03/28782/ and https://www.fiscalnepal.com/2026/11/03/28777/foreign-national-killed-in-mid-air-rotor-collision-during-helicopter-landing-in-nepal/
- Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (via Nepal press); Morning Post; The Kathmandu Post, 3 Nov 2026 (Dangol, crew, sequence): https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/11/03/mid-air-collision-in-everest-region-raises-fresh-questions-over-helicopter-safety
- OnlineKhabar English and Nepal News, 4 Nov 2026 (investigation committee, injured count): https://english.onlinekhabar.com/committee-investigate-helicopter-collision.html
- Reuters via Fox News, 3 Nov 2026 (Fishtail Air and Air Dynasty statements): https://www.foxnews.com/travel/two-helicopters-collide-mount-everest-during-rescue-flight-killing-one-injuring-others
- DT Next, 4 Nov 2026 (Vasanth Kumar): https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/47-year-old-chennai-man-killed-in-helicopter-collision-in-nepal
- airlive.net accident page; Everest Chronicle; Tourism Times; Radio Nepal
- WION, NDTV Profit, India Today, CNN-News18, BILD, news.com.au, TRT World, DD India (video reports)
- 2019 Lukla control case: ASN wikibase 319453, Wikipedia (Summit Air 802D), aeroinside
- Lukla data: CAAN LK-AFISOM, aviationnepal.com, recreationholidays.com; traffic: Sagarmatha National Park study (Springer); HRA: himalayanrescue.org, Wikipedia Pheriche
Real footage and photos (unverified clips are labelled on screen)
- REAL FOOTAGE · WEBCAM NEPAL LIVE, VIA @RShivshankar/X: https://x.com/RShivshankar/status/2117474219005288597
- REAL FOOTAGE · TRT WORLD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vuRC0Reu9c
- REAL FOOTAGE · WION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmURoqBI93M
- REAL FOOTAGE · WEBCAM NEPAL LIVE, VIA NEWS.COM.AU / VIRAL PRESS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx3GFtAbCsA
- REAL FOOTAGE · BILD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHSvA_8h-94
- REAL FOOTAGE · IND
