Fishtail Air’s As350 B- AIK under command of Captain Gregor Beer flew very early today to B.P.K.I.H.S (www.bpkihs.edu) , Ghopa Camp, Dharan in the Sunsari district for the aero medical evacuation of Mrs. Kamala Agarwal who needed immediate medical attention from doctors (specialists) in Kathmandu. She was a critical heart patient whose treatment could no [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2011’
American Summiter rescued from Kanchenjunga (from 20300ft)!
Fishtail Air was notified of a rescue mission at Kanchenjunga. Ms. Clu Wieblich from America was on her way back after her successful attempt at the summit when she could find her way back no more due to snow blindness. Our bird B3-AJI under command of Captain Deepak JB Rana and new team member Captain [...]
Religious tour to Damodar Kunda
Damodar Kunda (lake) – 5400 m is famous specially amongst the Hindu people. This Lake is situated high up in a rain- shadow area of the Himalayas, north of the famous Annapurna range of the upper Mustang region between Kagbeni and Muktinath. Many Hindus dream of taking a holy bath at least once in their [...]
Our newest versatile addition to the team!
Simone Moro a celebrity, mountaineer has joined Fishtail Team as the rescue pilot. Mr. Moro, who has the record of climbing Everest four times and other 8000m mountains 11 times, is a very well known person in mountaineering fraternity. His achievement in the winter summit of Gasherbrum II (8035m) in 2011 Feb was well honored [...]
…and the search at Manaslu continues!
The search for the two lost French Climbers and one Sherpa at Manaslu continued today after they couldn’t find them on the 13th of May (to relate to previous news click here). Our B3 helicopter commanded by Capt. Gerold Biner, Pilot Simone Moro & rescue specialist Bruno flew to Manaslu region and this time they [...]
Search on for Belarusion climbers!
On the 14th and 15th May, we had done aerial search on Thulagi Peak 7057 m (which is also called Mansiri Himal). The mountain had been scouted in the entire altitude, from the top till the bottom in all the faces. No life could be seen and today 15th we saw a tent at around [...]
Search on for the two Belarusian climbers
Fishtail Air’s team led by Capt. Siddartha Jung Gurung and Air Zermatt’s pilot Gerold Biner made a search over the peak Tulagi, which is at the south of Mt. Manaslu to find the two Belarusian climbers who have been missing for the last couple of days. Although the search was made around coordinates provided, there [...]
Manaslu descent proves fatal for an expedition team!
Fate can work wonders, who knew when they started with their Expedition on the 28th of March to Mt. Manaslu that they would face such a day. Three French Mountain Climbers and two Sherpa had a successful ascent to the summit of Mt Manaslu (8163m). They lost each other during their descent due to weather [...]
Lost body recovered from Manaslu Base Camp
Early morning today Fishtail Air’s AS350-B3+- AJI was all setup for a recovery flight of human remains from Manaslu Base Camp II (approx. 6400m). Captain Ashish Sherchan and Air Zermatt’s Captain Daniel Aufdenblatten were under command of our helicopter. They took off from Kathmandu along with AS350 B2- AIW alongside flown by Captain Jurg Segessenmann [...]
Recovery flight at Everest Base Camp 2 (6500m)!
1st of May it was when Mr Rick Hitcha from the USA was taking his last breath at Everest base camp 2 while on his way up to the summit. He suffered a serious heart attack and succumbed to death that very day. Today the 3rd of May Fishtail Air undertook the responsibility of bringing [...]
