PhericheVasanth Kumar Balaramudu died when two helicopters clipped rotors.
The crash site lies about 12km south of Everest Base Camp.
Both aircraft tried to land at the same spot, Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said.
Footage shows clear skies and one helicopter descending faster than the other.
Fishtail Air said the injured passengers and crew were rescued and taken to Kathmandu.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 400+ reports worldwide
- BBC
- places the collision at the Pheriche landing spot and reports the Nepal CAA's 'two helicopters attempted to land at the same spot' account
- Hindustan Times
- identifies the New Zealand-Indian injured passenger by name, Shailesh Krishna Patel, and details the Prabhu Air airlift to Mediciti
- NDTV
- flags that NDTV could not independently verify the viral video, and cites the 250 km distance from Kathmandu
Sources: BBC, Hindustan Times, NDTV