Ms. Annie Rivier from France was on her expedition to Putha Hiuchuli Summit at up to 7000m when she fell sick to altitude sickness and snow blindness/sun stroke on her way back. As soon as we got a call for rescue, our B3 helicopter AJI was flown immediately by Capt. Stephan Sagesser for Putha Base [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2011’
Heli Tour- Annapurna Base Camp
Early this morning we flew a lovely couple- Arlene Devermont and Dennis Devermont from Los Angeles- on a heli tour to Annapurna Base Camp South (~13400ft). Captain Steve picked them up from the ‘Lakecity’ (Pokhara Airport) and directly flew them to the Base Camp where they had 30 minutes of ground time to enjoy the [...]
Bhrikuti Base Camp Rescue!
Bishal Magar, a Nepali guide was rescued from Manang Area. Bishal was on his expedition when he suffered from major altitude sickness. When we were notified of the rescue Captain Deepak immediately took off with co-pilot Ranjan Limbu from Kathmandu. They headed directly for Bhrikuti Base camp where Bishal was found stuck in a glacier [...]
Indian Business Tycoon flies with Fishtail Air.
Our Bell helicopter flew to Pheriche (14340ft) this morning to pick up Business Tycoon Vinod Mittal and his friends for Kathmandu. Captain Steven flew 9N-AII directly from Kathmandu to Pheriche and back to Kathmandu. Vinod Mittal is the sibling of International Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and the son of Mohan Lal Mittal.
Heli Tour to HEV!
Our AS 350 B3 AJI flew 6 passengers most of whom were Chinese to Syangboche this afternoon. Wu Zhiynam, Cheun Likin, Ms. Ding Haiqiong, Huang Foruns and Wuzhi Uwa were accompanied by Ms. Shital Sharma and they were all flown on our machine by Capt. Deepak. The group spent the night at Hotel Everest View [...]
Rescue from Hilsa!
Our AS 350 B3 carried out a rescue flight this morning from Hilsa (10700ft). Mr. Prakash Tamang met with an unfortunate accident on his motorbike close to the Chinese border and fractured both his legs. The medical attention he was receiving at Hilsa was going to prove futile unless he travelled to the capital. As [...]
Rescue from Remote Nepal!
Mrs. Doma Lama was rescued this morning from Mugu Gaon (~12500ft). She was critically ill and considering the remote area she was residing in, she had very less options of medical help. Capt. Ashish flew the B3 from Kathmandu early today directly for Mugu Gaon. She was immediately flown to Kathmandu for proper medical attention. [...]
Rescue Flight from Damodar Kunda Area!
A traveler from Netherlands was rescued this afternoon from Damodar Kunda Area (16,500 ft) by Captain Stephan Saegesser on the B3. He was suffering from High Altitude sickness when Fishtail Air was called for rescue. We wish him the earliest recovery.
Recovery flight from Machermo Area!
Captain Stephan Seggasser carried out a successful recovery flight of a dead body of a Russian climber from Kajuri (17,800ft) this morning on our B3 helicopter.
Grand Mountain Tour!
Three Australian citizens experienced a spectacular tour with Fishtail Air. Early on the 30th of September our Helicopter AJI departed Kathmandu for Hotel Everest View -3800m (Syangboche) from where we picked the three and a guide for a mountain flight towards the prodigious Everest Region. After the heli tour they were dropped at Kongde Resort [...]
