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6:43 a.m. EDT May 13, 2015
A U.S. military helicopter missing during an aid mission in Nepal reportedly has been spotted north of the capital, authorities said. But it will take time to reach the site where it has been located in the Tamakoshi region north of the capital of Kathmandu.
The Huey helicopter was carrying six U.S. Marines and two Nepalese soldiers when it disappeared Tuesday during a mission in a remote mountainous region in Nepal, a defense official said.
The utility helicopter from Marine Light Attack Helicopter squadron 469 based at Camp Pendleton, California, was last seen after another helicopter in the area "picked up some [radio] chatter about a fuel problem," said Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman.
"Right now we are hopeful that there was no crash. There has been no [emergency] beacon, no other signs — no flames, no smoke, no hole in the ground — to indicate that there was a crash," Warren said.
"That said of course it's very rugged and difficult terrain," he added.
The wreckage of the helicopter was found on Friday 15 May 2015 on a mountain near the village of Kalinchok, at an elevation of 3,383m (11,100 feet)..
Three bodies were retrieved at the crash site so far. Authorities do not believe that there are any survivors.
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