Five killed after helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashes in Nepal

A helicopter is missing in the Mount Everest area (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)

At least five people have been killed after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal.

The helicopter crashed in the Lamajura area and rescuers have recovered the bodies of five people and are searching for the sixth, said Basanta Bhattarai, the chief government administrator in the area.