Copters’ wreckage atop Everest to remain there Kathmandu, September 20: The work of removing the wreckage of two helicopters from the Everest Base Camp has come to a halt because of inclement weather. Shree Air and Simrik Air, owners of the crashed choppers, began clearing the wreckage two months ago after environmentalists and the government put pressure on them to clear the wreckage. Simrik Air’s chopper, which was to pick up Everester Lakpa Ghelu Sherpa, crashed on May 28, 2003 at the Everest Base Camp. The Shree Air’s chopper, which was on its way to pick up Moni Mulepati, the first non-Sherpa Nepali woman Everester, crashed on June 2 this year. “Following the pressure, we began detaching parts of the choppers about two months ago and expect to remove the wreckage by this October,” Banwari Lal Mittal, the CEO of the Shree Air, said, adding: “If the weather doesn’t improve, we will have no choice except to clear the wreckage next summer.” While the Shree Air has flown some of the chopper’s parts to Kathmandu, the Sherpas have started clearing the parts of the Simrik Air’s helicopter from the base camp. “People involved in clearing the wreckage have been waiting for the snow to melt so that they can recover buried parts of the choppper,” said a source at the Simrik Air.