Our German friend was rescued this morning from Shyabrubesi – Langtang region. She was seriously injured with multiple fractures on her arm and ribs. AIK (AS350B) flew there from Kathmandu airport immediately after the call for rescue and she was in Kathmandu within less than half an hour from where she was transported to a [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2011’
Ama Dablam Base Camp Rescue!
Mr. Tobias Warzek was rescued from Ama Dablam Base Camp this morning. The three friends Hannes Grobeer, Tobias Warzek and Hardus Amon from Austria were on their expedition tour around the Everest region-Mera Peak, Island Peak and Ama Dablam when Tobias unfortunately experienced a frost bite on his right foot and couldn’t walk further. As [...]
Fishtail Air rescues 100s stranded tourist from Lukla!
Thousands were and have been stuck in Lukla due to bad weather. We have managed to rescue about 100 passengers from Lukla to Kathmandu and taken the same amount on the reverse route. It has been more than a week that Kathmandu, Lukla, Pokhara and other airfields/airports experienced bad weather with limited visibility restricting air [...]
Finance minister to Hilsa!
Nepal’s Finance Minister Barsa Man Pun flew this morning with Fishtail Air from Kathmandu to Hilsa (`12500ft) on a mission for the inauguration of a bridge being built across to the Chinese border. Our helicopter AIK (AS350B) flew him and other members of the parliament initially to Surkhet and then to Hilsa where they will [...]
