UPDATE - Helicopter crash kills 5 Mexicans in Nepal

Helicopter was flying to Kathmandu from eastern Solukhumbu when it lost contact at 0415GMT

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By Riyaz ul Khaliq and Alperen Aktas

ISTANBUL (AA) - A helicopter crash in Nepal killed five Mexicans on board, the country’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday.

The helicopter was flying to the capital Kathmandu from Solukhumbu in eastern Nepal.

The chopper lost contact with the control tower shortly after 10 a.m. local time (0415GMT).

Later, aviation authorities found the helicopter crashed in Lamjura Pass of the Solukhumbu district.

The bodies of the five Mexicans have been recovered while the whereabouts of the pilot, a Nepali national, are unknown.

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