Wire reporting: (AP, via CityNews Toronto), (Reuters, via Dawn)

Two helicopters collided Tuesday morning while trying to land at Pheriche in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, below Mount Everest, killing one passenger and injuring others, Nepal Police said^1,2,5.

Solukhumbu police chief Mausam Tamang identified the dead man as Vasanth Kumar Balaramaramadu, 47, an Indian national from Tamil Nadu who was aboard a Fishtail Air helicopter, RTE News reported^5,12.

Another passenger on that aircraft, Shailesh Krishna Patel, a New Zealand citizen of Indian origin, was injured, and both pilots also suffered injuries, according to RTE News and Hindustan Times^5,12.

Authorities said the Fishtail Air and Dynasty Air rotor blades struck each other at about 8:11 a.m. local time at Pheriche Helipad^5,1.

ABC News Australia, citing the operators, said Fishtail was carrying passengers rescued from the Everest region and that a Dynasty Air official said that helicopter was carrying only cargo⁶.

Solukhumbu chief development officer Kaman Singh Thapa Magar told Hindustan Times weather was clear and it appeared there was some technical glitch, pending investigation¹².

Nepal Police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle said an investigation was underway and that Balaramaramadu’s body was at Lukla¹².

Al Jazeera said it was not clear how many people were on board the two aircraft; RTE News said authorities had yet to establish the total number of passengers^2,5.