Kedarnath helicopter crash
Kedarnath helicopter crash :- A helicopter carrying seven people, including the pilot, crashed today near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, killing everyone on board.
At around 11.40 am in Rudraprayag, a helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed just after taking off from the Kedarnath shrine close to Garud Chatti, according to officials.
A helicopter carrying seven people, including the pilot, crashed today near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, killing everyone on board.
At around 11.40 am in Rudraprayag, a helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed just after taking off from the Kedarnath shrine close to Garud Chatti, according to officials.
According to C. Ravi Shankar, CEO of the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority, bodies of six pilgrims and a pilot have been recovered from the accident scene.
An initial investigation indicates that the crash was caused by bad weather and limited visibility.
A thorough investigation will reveal the accident’s precise cause, according to Mr. Shankar.
“A Bell 407 helicopter VT-RPN belonging to a Delhi-based Aryan Aviation has crashed on the way from Kedarnath to Guptkashi, possibly due to cloudy weather,” according to sources with the aviation regulatory body.
A huge plume of smoke was visible from the location. A thorough investigation into the crash has been ordered by the chief minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the minister of civil aviation, expressed his sorrow over the incident and said that the situation is being closely watched.
