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A helicopter owned by Fishtail Air has crashed on Ama Dablam while rescuing two Japanese climbers above 16,000 according to multiple Asian news reports.It was on the north side of Ama Dablam, not the normal Southwest route taken by the vast majority of all teams.This is a huge loss on many levels.The pilot, Sabin Basnet, and Replica Rolex watches engineer, Purna Awale were both killed.Basnet was the pilot who made the record setting Everest rescues this past spring with one evac from Camp 2 at 21,000.Basnet was experienced with over 4,500 hours of flying various types of helicopters.Basnet also made history when he piloted the world’s highest ever rescue mission, airlifting three sick Spanish climbers from Mount Annapurna.

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