Manang Air pilot Prakash Sedhai, who was critically injured in the chopper crash, has died.
A Manang Air helicopter with the call sign 9N-ANJ flying towards Solukhumbhu had crashed in Lobuche on October 14. Pilot Sedhai, who was the only one onboard, was seriously injured in the incident.
The chopper caught fire after it crashed while landing.
He was immediately airlifted to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu for treatment.
Sedhai was later taken to Mumbai for further treatment after he could not be treated at the Kathmandu-based hospital.
He breathed his last during the course of treatment at the National Burn Center in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Pilot Sedhai died in the course of treatment despite the tireless efforts of the doctors, reads a statement issued by Manang Air.
According to Manang Air, the mortal remains of Sedhai will be brought to Kathmandu today itself.
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