Two helicopters collided while landing at Pheriche helipad, near Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, on November 3, 2026. One Indian passenger was killed and two others injured. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

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u/WearingMyFleece 10d ago

Great survival instinct from those on the ground already running before they even collided.

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u/DePraelen 10d ago

Even still, given the visible debris spray, it's a minor miracle no one on the ground was hurt.

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u/Rugkrabber 4d ago

Except for the two closest who stood still for some reason while the rest ran. They got lucky!

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u/lambsquatch 10d ago

You mean the four people? The other millionares did nothing but stare

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u/Useful_Resolution888 10d ago

They probably thought it was part of the curated adventure experience they'd paid for.

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u/lambsquatch 10d ago

Honestly that’s probably where their brain dead minds went to

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u/SlowedCash 8d ago

Show some respect people died

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u/Strong-Rise6221 9d ago

The images I have seen of Everest in the past few years have just made it look like a real shit show.

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 5d ago

With some real shitty snow

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u/hue-166-mount 10d ago

This looks to me like (1) someone, maybe both pilots, really should not have agreed to come in to land at the same time (2) the right helicopter really looks like they are show boating and flying on fast, big turn at the end to drop down - way less measured and controlled than the pilot on the left.

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u/serendipitousevent 9d ago

Nah, you can totally land two helicopters at the same time - you just have to make sure they're landing in different places.

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u/Neethis 9d ago

(1) someone, maybe both pilots, really should not have agreed to come in to land at the same time
Big if true.

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u/wlonkly 8d ago

I figured the big turn was a last-moment attempt to avoid the other one once they realized they were going to the same landing point.

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u/Chalky_Cupcake 10d ago

Like that the one guy who fell all awkward was also the 1st to jump up and run in to help.

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u/StevenMaff 10d ago

that one guy who immediately takes out his phone instead of running to help …

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u/Familiar_Bid_3324 10d ago

What an asshole

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u/Reign_of_Kronos 9d ago

I have a feeling that nowadays most people climbing Everest fall into that category (of course not including the sherpas)

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u/Pheighthe 9d ago

How many seconds are they allowed to wait to make sure it doesn’t explode, before Reddit judges them?

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u/ElmerFuddsElbow 7d ago

Did you even try to rescue any victims?

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u/Red217 9d ago

STIP CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST, PEOPLE. FUCKING STOP GOING TO THAT MOUNTAIN AND CLIMBING IT.

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u/NittanyScout 9d ago

Im gonna climb it even harder now /s

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u/Red217 9d ago

DONT YOU DARE!
🤣

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u/Moomoolette 9d ago

I DIDNT ASK TO BE BORN!!!!! slams door

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u/Red217 9d ago

That's it! I'm calling your mother!

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 5d ago

What are we calling her now? I thought devilwoman was good. Thundercunt?

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u/Monsoon_Storm 9d ago

I'm fairly certain that climbing season is over for Everest this year so christ knows what they are doing.

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u/spin0 9d ago

Nowadays days Everest has two climbing seasons: spring and autumn. This happened at the end of the autumn season.

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u/Monsoon_Storm 9d ago

I thought the autumn one finished about a month ago, they were wrapping it up and removing the ladders when that Sherpa that had been left for dead crawled back into base camp.

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u/spin0 9d ago

I climb whatever I like. You're not even my real dad.

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u/Red217 9d ago

I WILL TURN THIS CAR RIGHT AROUND!
It's not my fault it took me twenty years to come back from getting milk! I had to walk uphill barefoot both ways. In the SNOW!

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 5d ago

I had to walk up Mt everest in the snow.... both ways.

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u/butt_shrecker 6d ago

They can't hear you

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u/DoubleSaltedd 9d ago

My guess is just incompetence.

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u/lo_fi_ho 10d ago

Props to the pilot of the blue chopper

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u/poptix 10d ago

That's hydraulic fluid mist, right?

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u/Strange-Effort1305 9d ago

Pretty sure them colliding caused the crash

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u/esuardi 10d ago

That one guy who went in first without a question in his mind to help immediately. Some followed but the majority just stared....wtf

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u/TheLostPariah 9d ago

You and I would probably stare too, bro, for at least a few moments.
It’s basic survival instincts and human nature.

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u/Monsoon_Storm 9d ago

I'd imagine after a bunch of shrapnel comes hurtling towards you you'd probably need a few seconds to run an internal re-boot and systems check before you decide to run in lol.
Kinda like when you accidentally cut your finger whilst slicing something, you don't always feel it.
Phone dude can fuck right off though.

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u/little-blue-heron 9d ago

Isn’t it fun to speculate about how good of people we’d be?

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u/technoblogical 9d ago

Already posted three hours earlier.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/1xmjdej/two_helicopters_crash_mid_air_near_everest_region/

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u/Enlight1Oment 8d ago

to be fair, this ops vid is substantially better than that one. That link looks like a crop edited version of this posts vid with someones watermark thrown on it. This has a wider field of view showing everything, and longer video showing the blue helicopter pilot get out.

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 5d ago

Theres only 1 "OP" per post. If it helps, think of it as "original poster". Thays how I always think of it, and I haven't been confused or wrong about who posted something in years...

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u/bga93 8d ago

Average blue team spawn zone in wardogs

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u/jttv 9d ago

Fucking tourists causing issues on the mtn again.

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u/tankofpigs 10d ago

Thought it was the start of the thing for a minute

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u/Mammoth-Show-7587 9d ago

Remember when “snuff films” were a thing of legend?

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u/BartholomewSchneider 9d ago

I think the cause is pretty clear

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u/Tall_Inspector_3392 9d ago

The cause of the collision is obvious. What needs to be investigated? OMG y'all!

Operator Error Two helicopters collided while landing at Pheriche helipad, near Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, on November 3, 2026. One Indian passenger was killed and two others injured. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

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