TWO CREW MEMBERS, SICK TOURIST SURVIVE CHOPPER ACCIDENT IN EVEREST REGION

TWO CREW MEMBERS, SICK TOURIST SURVIVE CHOPPER ACCIDENT IN EVEREST REGION

Kathmandu, 29 Nov.: Two crew members and a sick tourist survived another air accident when a Eco Real AAS 350 of Fish Air met with an accident after takeoff from Labuche in the Mount Everest Tuesday afternoon.
Captain Dipal Rana and co-pilot Anush are safe, police said.
the District Police Office, Solukhumbu, said.
The accident met an accident immediately after takeoff.
The chopper was damaged.
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UPDATE 1,300 CHICKENS, DUCKS CULLED AFTER BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN VALLEY
Kathmandu, 29 Nov.: Around 1,300 chickens and 200 ducks at Manohara Landless Squatters´ Settlement have been destroyed Tuesday on the suspicion of bird flu, RSS reports from Bhaktapur.
A team of doctors from the Department of Health, Directorate of Animal Health, Division of Avian Influenza and Animal Rapid Response destroyed ducks and chicken by burying after killing with the use of poisonous substances.

According to Senior Veterinary Doctor and In-charge of the Team Dr. Narayan Prasad Ghimire, the team destroyed the ducks and chicken after detection of bird flu in chicken of the area.

Five chicken of local Chandra Bahadur Tamang had died on November 10 and 30 chicken on November 11. The Bird Flu was suspected after the dead chickens were tested at the Central Veterinary Lab, Tripureswor.

Dr. Ghimire further said the bird flu was confirmed after the sample of the chicks was sent to London, the UK, for the lab test. The chicken and ducks were destroyed today as per the government´s decision after the government received this information on Monday.
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