Findings into USMC UH-1Y crash in Nepal released

The U.S. Marine Corps has published its investigation into the fatal crash of a HMLA-469 UH-1Y in Nepal on May 12.

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By U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Hernan Vidana [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

All thirteen on board the helicopter were killed when it flew into a ridge of Kalinchok Mountain.

Investigators believe the pilots were trying to take a shorter route, over unfamiliar terrain with unstable meteorological conditions, in order to rush injured civilians to medical aid.

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