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US Helicopter Disappears While Transporting Aid to Nepal

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankA US helicopter, carrying aid to victims of the earthquake in Nepal, has gone missing. A US army spokesperson reported there were six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers on board.
A US helicopter, carrying aid to victims of the earthquake in Nepal, has gone missing. A US army spokesperson reported there were six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers on board. - Sputnik International
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A US helicopter, carrying aid to victims of the earthquake in Nepal, has gone missing. A US army spokesperson reported there were six US Marines and two Nepalese soldiers on board.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — A US Marine Corps helicopter with eight people aboard was reported missing in the vicinity of Charikot, Nepal while carrying aid to victims of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit the country last week, US Pacific Command said, according to local media.

According to NBC TV, US Army Spokesperson Major David Eastburn said:

“US military personnel were responding to the disappearance of the UH-1Y Huey helicopter with two Nepalese soldiers and six US Marines on board, and the incident was under investigation.”

On April 25, a large earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 8,000 people and injuring almost 18,000.

On Tuesday, a second earthquake struck Nepal, leaving over 36 people dead and more than 1,000 injured, the country's National Emergency Operation Center said.

 

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