An Osprey aircraft, belonging to the U.S. military, takes flight during a rescue operation after the earthquake, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu May 14, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
CHARIKOT, Nepal (Reuters) - Military helicopters flew over eastern Nepal and a team sent up a drone on Thursday to search for a missing U.S. Marines Huey chopper, as the death toll rose from the Himalayan country's second big earthquake in less than three weeks.
A Reuters correspondent flew on a Nepali military helicopter along the Tamakoshi river that runs by the town of Charikot, in the mountainous Dolakha district worst hit by Tuesday's 7.3 magnitude quake that has killed more than 100 people.
