Nepal earthquake: Wreck of missing US helicopter found
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The wreckage of a US military helicopter that went missing in Nepal has been found, the Nepalese army says.
The helicopter went missing earlier this week while delivering aid near the Chinese border, with six US marines and two Nepali soldiers on board.
Maj Gen Binoj Basnet told AFP agency that it was not known if there were any survivors.
The editor of the Nepal Times, Kunda Dixit, said the wreckage was found 56km (35 miles) from Kathmandu.
Mr Dixit said the helicopter was found on hillside near the village of Kalinchok, at an elevation of 3,383m (11,100 feet).
The helicopter went missing in the hours after an earthquake measuring 7.3 struck on Tuesday.
The quake came nearly two weeks after an earlier one killed more than 8,000 people.
The marines had been working in the vicinity of Charikot, a village that has been hit hard, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.
The helicopter had been flying from Kathmandu airport as part of the US Operation "Sahayogi Haat", which means "helping hand" in Nepali.
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