ABC News reported that two helicopters collided while trying to land just below Mount Everest's base camp, killing one person and injuring two others. The outlet's headline gave the toll as one killed and two injured, and its summary described the aircraft as attempting to land when they collided.

CBS News described the same event as a helicopter crash near the base camp, reporting one dead and two injured. According to CBS News, the two helicopters were ferrying trekkers who had been hiking up to the base camp during what the outlet called Nepal's "popular trekking season."

Both outlets report the same number of people killed and injured and place the accident at or near the base camp. They differ in their descriptions: ABC News characterized the event as a collision during a landing attempt, while CBS News used the word crash and said the helicopters were carrying trekkers.

Neither ABC News nor CBS News, in the summaries available for this report, identified the cause of the collision or named the people who were killed or injured. The summaries also do not say whether any of the trekkers were among those killed or injured.

ABC News's report carried a publication date of November 3, 2026, and CBS News's report carried the same date. Taken together, the two reports describe a collision involving two helicopters near Everest's base camp, in which one person died and two others were hurt. Further details, including any official findings, were not contained in the ABC News or CBS News reports available for this story.

Sources: ABC News: Helicopters collide below Mount Everest base camp, killing 1 person and injuring 2; CBS News: 1 dead, 2 injured in helicopter crash near Mount Everest base camp.