Watched the footage and report on BBC breakfast news this morning. It appears that the helicopter clipped a stone-hut as it was looking for a suitable landing site.
The report also suggested that the casualties were not all from the helicopter and that debris including a wheel had killed people on the ground including trekkers entering base-camp (unconfirmed).
The report brought the obligatory subjects such as landing/takeoffs at altitude and the commercialisation of Everest to the fore.
Finally the Nepali authorities have issued an immediate ban on helicopter flights (closing the door after the horse has bloted?).
Posted: 28/05/2003 at 11:04
