Marine helicopter missing Nepal, The U.S. Pacific Command told Fox News Wednesday that it couldn't affirm reports of conceivable sightings of a U.S. Marine helicopter that vanished Tuesday while leading debacle alleviation operations in Nepal.
Nepali authorities said the helicopter - conveying six Marines and two Nepali troops - purportedly was spotted north of the nation's capital, Kathmandu.
"We have been let it know was seen in Tamakoshi locale," Interior Ministry representative Laxmi Dhakal told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur press organization late Tuesday. "However, until [our] choppers make landing and get to it, we still can't say anything in regards to its condition or of its travelers."
A Nepali military authority independently said Wednesday that the helicopter seemed to have descended in the streams that gone through valleys east of Kathmandu.
"The information we have is that it is down in one of the streams, however none of the choppers has seen it yet," Major Rajan Dahal, second-in-charge of the Barda Bahadur Battalion, told Reuters in Charikot, a town where the missing Huey was booked to land and convey help.
"There are 400 or more of our ground troops searching for it moreover. By tonight, we may get it," he added.But a representative for the U.S. Pacific Command, which is organizing the pursuit exertion, told Fox News that "the hunt is continuous and nothing's been discovered yet.
"Regardless we stay idealistic here and in Nepal," the representative said.
A Marines representative likewise told Reuters there have been no affirmed sightings of the helicopter. The representative likewise said she didn't have data that it arrived in a stream.
U.S. Flying corps pararescuemen joined the quest for the helicopter Wednesday. The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade tweeted photos of the supposed "PJs" boarding helicopters to start their inquiry and-salvage missions.U.S. Pacific Command representative Army Maj. Dave Eastburn said the inquiry continued Wednesday morning with two UH-1 Huey helicopters withdrawing Kathmandu. Each of the helicopters conveyed two pararescuemen, one Nepalese fighter, and a few Marines.
"We stay hopeful in our endeavors," Eastburn said.
The missing Huey was conveying coverings and rice to casualties close Charikot.
Pentagon representative Col. Steve Warren said Tuesday there were "no evidences of an accident," in light of the fact that the territory is tough. No crisis signal was distinguished.
Other flying machine close-by heard the helicopter's pilot say something in regards to a "fuel issue."
The flying machine is a piece of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469. It had recently dropped off supplies at one territory and was on the way to a second area.
The Pentagon has said that different U.S. military flying machine, including the MV-22 Osprey, were partaking in the pursuit, which continued Wednesday in the wake of being suspended because of haziness Tuesday. Nepalese authorities are looking by walking at the site of where the helicopter should land.
Charikot was one of the towns hardest hit by a 7.3 size shake Tuesday that killed 37 individuals, Reuters reported. Nepal is as yet attempting to recuperate from a staggering shudder about three weeks back that left more than 8,000 dead.
Nepali authorities said the helicopter - conveying six Marines and two Nepali troops - purportedly was spotted north of the nation's capital, Kathmandu.
"We have been let it know was seen in Tamakoshi locale," Interior Ministry representative Laxmi Dhakal told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur press organization late Tuesday. "However, until [our] choppers make landing and get to it, we still can't say anything in regards to its condition or of its travelers."
A Nepali military authority independently said Wednesday that the helicopter seemed to have descended in the streams that gone through valleys east of Kathmandu.
"The information we have is that it is down in one of the streams, however none of the choppers has seen it yet," Major Rajan Dahal, second-in-charge of the Barda Bahadur Battalion, told Reuters in Charikot, a town where the missing Huey was booked to land and convey help.
"There are 400 or more of our ground troops searching for it moreover. By tonight, we may get it," he added.But a representative for the U.S. Pacific Command, which is organizing the pursuit exertion, told Fox News that "the hunt is continuous and nothing's been discovered yet.
"Regardless we stay idealistic here and in Nepal," the representative said.
A Marines representative likewise told Reuters there have been no affirmed sightings of the helicopter. The representative likewise said she didn't have data that it arrived in a stream.
U.S. Flying corps pararescuemen joined the quest for the helicopter Wednesday. The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade tweeted photos of the supposed "PJs" boarding helicopters to start their inquiry and-salvage missions.U.S. Pacific Command representative Army Maj. Dave Eastburn said the inquiry continued Wednesday morning with two UH-1 Huey helicopters withdrawing Kathmandu. Each of the helicopters conveyed two pararescuemen, one Nepalese fighter, and a few Marines.
"We stay hopeful in our endeavors," Eastburn said.
The missing Huey was conveying coverings and rice to casualties close Charikot.
Pentagon representative Col. Steve Warren said Tuesday there were "no evidences of an accident," in light of the fact that the territory is tough. No crisis signal was distinguished.
Other flying machine close-by heard the helicopter's pilot say something in regards to a "fuel issue."
The flying machine is a piece of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469. It had recently dropped off supplies at one territory and was on the way to a second area.
The Pentagon has said that different U.S. military flying machine, including the MV-22 Osprey, were partaking in the pursuit, which continued Wednesday in the wake of being suspended because of haziness Tuesday. Nepalese authorities are looking by walking at the site of where the helicopter should land.
Charikot was one of the towns hardest hit by a 7.3 size shake Tuesday that killed 37 individuals, Reuters reported. Nepal is as yet attempting to recuperate from a staggering shudder about three weeks back that left more than 8,000 dead.
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