The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has suspended senior captain of Prabhu Helicopters Sobit Gauchan, following an unauthorized flight from Kathmandu to Camp II on Mt Everest. The flight was conducted by celebrated mountaineer Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja in violation of CAAN regulations on May 19.
KATHMANDU, May 21: The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has grounded all flights of Prabhu Helicopter and Sobit Gauchan, a senior captain of the company, for conducting an unauthorized flight from Kathmandu to Camp-2 under the Mount Everest region.
Celebrated climber Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja today reportedly landed at the high camp on Mt Everest flouting the rules set by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, eyewitnesses said.
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Rajasthan-based Anurag Maloo slipped into a crevasse below the 6,000 metres point between camp 3 and camp 2 while descending Mount Annapurna early on April 17. When climbers from Nepal and Poland heard about Maloo, they scoured one of the highest and most difficult peaks to summit for three days to look for the missing Indian climber. The Indian Express reconstructs the "highest rescue effort in the world” from a crevasse that is "the most dangerous point" on April 20