Six people, including five women and the 60-year-old pilot, d!ed, and one person sustained grievous injuries after a private helicopter, heading towards Gangotri temple, crashed near River Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district this morning
According to the State Disaster Response Force, the helicopter which crashed was owned by AeroTrans Services Private Limited whose registration number is VT-OXF.
This helicopter was going to Gangotri temple after Yamunotri temple ‘darshan’ where it had to land at Harshil helipad. The pilot of the helicopter was Captain Robin Singh.
After the accident, it fell into a deep gorge, of about 200-250 metres.
The SDRF started rescue operations soon after the incident but five people recovered dead while the pilot succumbed during treatment.
The deceased pilgrims were identified as Vijayalakshmi Reddy C, 57, Ruchi Agarwal, 56, Kala Chandrakant Soni, 61 all from Maharashtra, Radha Agarwal, 79, from Uttar Pradesh, Vedanti, 48 from Andhra Pradesh.
Maktur Bhaskar, 51 from AP is critical.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his condolences and said that he has instructed a probe into the incident.
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