The helicopter, which crashed in Uttarkashi on May 8, killed all six people on board, hit the fibers with the main rotor while attempting an emergency landing, the Office for Investigation of Air accidents said.
The Bell 407 helicopter began to descend from its assigned altitude about 20 minutes after take -off. The pilot tried to carry out an emergency landing on the National Highway UtTarkashi-Gangotri. However, the aircraft hit the cable running along the road, which led to a fatal accident, said AIIB report.
According to the head of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, a helicopter, registered as VT-Oxf and operated by Aero Trans Service Private Limited, was rented from Ahmedabad and carried six passengers and one captain.
The visuals from the accident site showed the disheveled interior of the helicopter.
What did the message Aiib said
“The purpose of the flight was charter flying for Char Dham Yatra. It was one pilot operating flight and this sector was planned to operate by another pilot. The allocated flight level for this sector was 10,500 feet AMSL … The helicopter again in the air in the air in the air in the air in the air in the air.
According to the report, even the investigators noted that the helicopter began to descend from its assigned travel altitude and tried to land on the Uttarkashi-Gangotri road (NH 34) near Gangnani.
During the descent, the main rotor blade hit the cable that ran parallel to the road. The impact also damaged the nearby metal barricade before the helicopter fell down the slope. In the end he came to rest on a tree about 250 feet in the ravine.
“The helicopter flew 20 minutes before he descended from his assigned altitude … eventually reached the tree, approximately 250 feet deep within the gorge,” the report said.
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The report said the aircraft was useful at the time of flight. The records show that the rotor’s tail defect was set two days before the accident and is not considered to contribute to the incident. All required inspections were up -to -date from April 25, 2025.
“The Bell 407 helicopter was produced in 2008 … The last planned inspection was carried out on April 25, 2025,” the report noted.
The technical diary showed that the last defect of the reported pilot was the skin skin of the tail 3. May 2025, which was repaired until 7 May.
“The last defect reported by the pilot was” surface skin peeled at the tip of the tail “… The certificate to be released into service was issued on May 7, 2025,” the report said.
Further coordination with international authorities and technical advisors are underway because investigators continue to collect and analyze evidence to determine the main causes.
Helicopter crash Gaurikund
June 15 Another helicopter bearing seven passengers crashed in Uttarakhand’s Gaurikund. The incident occurred at 5:20, when a helicopter with six passengers – five adults and one child – and a pilot that left Shri Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi, came near Gaurikund.
The site of the accident is almost 5 km above the Gaurikund known as Gauri Mai Chark. The sources said the Aryan Aviation PVT LTD helicopter crashed among the Gaurikund and Trijuginarayan in Kedarghati and lit the message, PTI said. The catastrophe officer in the RudraPrayag district Nandan Singh Rajwar said that the crash apparently led zero visibility caused by bad weather.
According to the Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) in Uttarakhand, passengers in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat come from a helicopter. Among the seven people killed were a couple and their two -year -old daughter from Yavatmal in Mahari.
This accident will also be examined by AIIB.
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