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Helicopter Landing on Mt Everest
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Helicopter Landing on Mt Everest 20 Oct 2011 11:31 #4445

I did not realise that this had been achieved. It happened in 2005.

Last Edit: 20 Oct 2011 11:32 by Serious tribe.
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Re: Helicopter Landing on Mt Everest 20 Oct 2011 21:35 #4456

I remember following the incident in the nepalese media at the time. It was a controversial incident that was disputed by everestnews.com (a major Everest news site) and I think there was also an issue about whether they had obtained and paid for the proper permissions from the government. It disappeared off the media and I don't think I ever heard about it again till now. Interesting event, wonder what has become of it.
www.everestnews.com/stories2005/everestcopter06032005.htm
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Re: Helicopter Landing on Mt Everest 24 Oct 2011 02:30 #4481

From the video it is hard to establish if it was the summit of Everest that he landed on. However the peak he was flying toward before touch-down certainly looked like Everest.
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