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First helicopter search begins for missing Doosan Energy and Korea South-East Power workers in Nepal

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A helicopter search resumed in Nepal for nine employees of Doosan Enerbility and Korea South-East Power missing after massive floods.
  • The helicopter took off from Kathmandu for the site, about 70 kilometers away, and searched around an office building and the Sangmu Dam.

A helicopter has begun searching for nine employees of Doosan Enerbility and Korea South-East Power who went missing in Nepal’s massive floods.

According to Doosan Enerbility, one search helicopter took off from Kathmandu airport at 11:03 a.m. local time on Aug. 31, or 2:18 p.m. in South Korea. The accident site lies about 70 kilometers from the airport.

The helicopter traveled between the office building area and the Sangmu Dam as the search resumed. Doosan Group Chairman Park Jeong-won also went to Nepal, according to the headline.

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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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