<p>A helicopter with seven people on board crashed in a dense forest area in Nepal on Saturday, killing six of them including a foreigner.</p>.<p>A woman has miraculously survived the accident.</p>.<p>The Altitude Air helicopter, which had gone missing since morning, crash-landed in the forest area bordering Dhading and Nuwakot districts, according to eyewitnesses.</p>.<p>The wreckage of the ill-fated chopper piloted by senior captain Nishchal K C with six passengers, including a Japanese trekker, was spotted in a remote location in Nuwakot district, said Nima Nuru Sherpa, Managing Director at Altitude Air Private Limited, the Himalayan Times reported.</p>.<p>Rescuers recovered six bodies, the report quoted Sherpa as saying.</p>.<p>Senior captain Nischal KC was among the deceased. The Japanese national who was killed in the accident was identified as Hiromi Komatsu, 68, it said.</p>.<p>The woman, who was rescued alive, has suffered injuries to her body, the report said.</p>.<p>The helicopter which took off for Kathmandu airlifting a patient along with other passengers from Samagaun in Gorkha lost radio contact with Kathmandu tower after flying some 32 kms at around 8:10 AM (local time), a source at Tribhuvan International Airport said.</p>.<p>Sherpa said that the crashed chopper had not caught fire. Adverse weather conditions and difficult terrain delayed the rescue effort. A Nepal Army helicopter and a private chopper along with rescuers had reached the spot. </p>
<p>A helicopter with seven people on board crashed in a dense forest area in Nepal on Saturday, killing six of them including a foreigner.</p>.<p>A woman has miraculously survived the accident.</p>.<p>The Altitude Air helicopter, which had gone missing since morning, crash-landed in the forest area bordering Dhading and Nuwakot districts, according to eyewitnesses.</p>.<p>The wreckage of the ill-fated chopper piloted by senior captain Nishchal K C with six passengers, including a Japanese trekker, was spotted in a remote location in Nuwakot district, said Nima Nuru Sherpa, Managing Director at Altitude Air Private Limited, the Himalayan Times reported.</p>.<p>Rescuers recovered six bodies, the report quoted Sherpa as saying.</p>.<p>Senior captain Nischal KC was among the deceased. The Japanese national who was killed in the accident was identified as Hiromi Komatsu, 68, it said.</p>.<p>The woman, who was rescued alive, has suffered injuries to her body, the report said.</p>.<p>The helicopter which took off for Kathmandu airlifting a patient along with other passengers from Samagaun in Gorkha lost radio contact with Kathmandu tower after flying some 32 kms at around 8:10 AM (local time), a source at Tribhuvan International Airport said.</p>.<p>Sherpa said that the crashed chopper had not caught fire. Adverse weather conditions and difficult terrain delayed the rescue effort. A Nepal Army helicopter and a private chopper along with rescuers had reached the spot. </p>