A helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, killing six people. The IMD had issued an orange alert for Chamoli earlier in the day.
On Friday, a civil helicopter operated by Trans Bharat Aviation, en route from Badrinath Dham to Dehradun, crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. According to reports, six people were on board, including five passengers and a pilot. The police received information about the crash at around 2.21 pm. The helicopter was operating under an orange alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Earlier in the day, the IMD had predicted isolated thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, hailstorms, and gusty winds reaching speeds up to 50 km per hour in Chamoli. The weather department had also forecast light to moderate rainfall in the district, with light rain and snowfall likely along the Badrinath-Joshimath sector.
Prateek Jain, the chief executive officer of the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority, said the helicopter carrying six persons had taken off from Badrinath at 1.14 pm and went missing soon after. The crash site was identified as Hathi Parvat area of Chamoli district.
Those who died were identified as Captain Himanshu and five male passengers – Prathapa, Arun, Shankar Gowda, Sudheer K and HS Natraja. The five passengers were from Bengaluru, as reported by Deccan Herald.
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