Helicopter Crashes on Pilgrimage Flight in India's Uttarakhand State, Killing 6
Officials said adverse weather and poor visibility may have contributed as rescue teams recovered all six bodies after the crash.
- On Friday, a helicopter carrying six people—five passengers and one pilot—crashed while returning from Badrinath Dham to Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district amid adverse weather conditions.
- The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for Chamoli on October 30, warning of thunderstorms, hail, and gusty winds of 40–50 kmph in isolated areas.
- Operated by Trans Bharat Aviation, the aircraft was flying from Badrinath to Sahastradhara, with UCADA personnel reporting its location signals near the Army camp above Chai village.
- Teams of the State Disaster Response Force from Joshimath and Pandukeshwar deployed at 2:24 pm to the reported crash site to initiate search and rescue operations.
- Local administration officials launched an aerial search after losing contact, though heavy rain and low visibility are currently complicating efforts to locate the missing aircraft wreckage.
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Six people, including the pilot, died in a helicopter crash in the Uttarakhand state of India.
Six people have died after a helicopter crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand in a mountainous area of the Himalayas. There were five Hindu pilgrims and the pilot on board, while the helicopter was flying from the holy city of Badrinath to Dehradun. The aircraft belonged to Trans Bharat Aviation and had taken off on Friday afternoon at around 1:14 p.m. local time, media reports said. It was heading towards Sahastradhara in Dehradun…
Six people were killed today, Friday, by a helicopter crash in a Himalayan valley in India.
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Helicopter crashes on pilgrimage flight in India’s Uttarakhand state, killing 6
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A helicopter carrying five passengers and a pilot on a pilgrimage flight crashed in the northern Indian hill state of Uttarakhand on Friday killing all six people on board, officials said. The helicopter was returning from the Himalayan shrine of Badrinath, one of the holiest in Hinduism, to Dehradun, the state...
A helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing six people, including the pilot. Bad weather is believed to have contributed to the crash, but the exact cause is still unknown.
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